Garry L. Keele, II

Mr. Keele concentrates his Environmental Law practice on compliance, enforcement, permitting, rulemaking and transactional matters.  He is frequently engaged by clients to assist with regulatory concerns involving agencies and in jurisdictions throughout the region, but also provides support in environmental and energy litigation.  He regularly counsels clients in matters of environmental and regulatory due diligence associated with commercial transactions including financings, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Mr. Keele provides legal counsel on matters of air quality, water quality, hazardous waste, solid waste and remediation to domestic and international clients in the energy, industrial, manufacturing, banking and government sectors.  He has experience in the activated charcoal production, aerospace, automotive, ceramics, chemicals, electric generation (coal, gas, hydro and renewable), forest/engineered-wood products, glass products, metal products, mining, oil and gas [exploration and production (upstream), transportation and fractionation (mid-stream) and  refining (downstream)], off-road equipment, plastics, synthetic fuels, and solid waste incineration industries.

Mr. Keele is a shareholder at Hall Estill and a member of the firm’s Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources practice group and Alternative/Renewable Energy practice group.  Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Keele worked as an environmental attorney at the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality for 10 years.

Mr. Keele is a past Chairperson and Chairperson Elect for the Oklahoma Bar Association Environmental Law Section and is a frequent speaker and author on environmental topics. He serves as a mentor for students at the University of Tulsa College of Law. Further, Mr. Keele is ranked as a top attorney in Environmental Law by Chambers USA and has an individual AV peer review rating through Martindale Hubbell.

• Shareholder

• Administrative Law
• Alternative/Renewable Energy
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Environmental Litigation
• Environmental Services
• Litigation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Regulatory Compliance
• Transactions/Real Estate

• University of Tulsa College of Law (J.D., 1994) with certificate for emphasis in Resources, Energy and Environmental Law studies
• University of Oklahoma (B.B.A. in Management Information Systems/Marketing, with honors, 1987)

• Oklahoma, 1994
• Texas, 2011
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1994

• Member, First United Methodist Church

• 2005 - Present, Hall Estill
• 2004 - 2005, McKinney & Stringer
• 1994 - 2004, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality

• American Bar Association, Member, Environment, Energy & Resources Section
• Oklahoma Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
• Tulsa County Bar Association

• 2010 - Conference Co-Planner and Moderator of the “Clean Air Act Panel” for the American Bar Association, Environmental Issues in Region 6: Recent Developments and Hot Topics seminar, Dallas, Texas
• 2010 - Speaker, “Air Permits, Regulations and Requirements under the Clean Air Act” for the NBI Environmental Law from A to Z webcast
• 2009 - Author, “Federal Clean Air Act” chapter for the Oklahoma Bar Association Environmental Law Section Handbook, Third Edition (2009)
• 2008 - Speaker, “Environmental Law Update” for the Tulsa County Bar Association Environmental Law Update seminar
• 2006, 2007 - Speaker, “Environmental Update” for the Oklahoma Bar Association Recent Developments seminars
• 2005 - Speaker, "Environmental Reporting & Record-Keeping," for the Document Retention and Destruction in Oklahoma seminar
• 2004 - Speaker, "Tribal Sovereignty & Environmental Law" for the Current Issues in Storm Water Regulation seminar
• 2002, 2003, 2004 - Local Panel Speaker, for the American Bar Association Clean Air Act Update teleconferences
• Speaker, "Enforcement before the ODEQ," for the Environmental Federation of Oklahoma annual meeting
• Speaker, "Evidence in Compliance & Enforcement Matters," for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Inspector Workshop