Jeff Civins has practiced all aspects of environmental law since 1975, assisting clients in compliance matters, transactions, and litigation.

As an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law, Jeff taught a seminar on Environmental Law Concerns to Business in 1987 and has taught a seminar on Environmental Litigation each Spring since 1992. He also is on the Advisory Board of the Law School's Center on Energy, the Environment and International Dispute Resolution.

Jeff is the organizer and co-editor of the Thomson Reuters Texas Practice 2-volume treatise on Texas Environmental Law (1997, 2005 and 2013 editions), a former chair of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, and standing chair of the section's annual Texas Environmental Superconference. Prior to law school, Jeff taught science in New York City schools.