G&K Profile

Dal manages Gallagher & Kennedy’s Santa Fe office, practicing primarily with regulated industries, particularly in the areas of environmental and natural resources law and administrative law and litigation. For over 30 years, Dal has represented businesses in environmental, natural resources, and other sophisticated regulatory matters, working with legislative and regulatory bodies at the federal level, in both Arizona and New Mexico, and in the local markets of his clients. He also handles complex litigation and transactions involving regulated matters.

Dal concentrates his practice on water quality and water rights, Superfund, hazardous waste, mining law and mined land reclamation, and oil and gas regulation. His experience includes all types of administrative proceedings, including rulemaking, permitting and licensing, defense of regulatory enforcement actions, appeals of agency actions, and settlement, alternative dispute resolution, and litigation concerning environmental and other regulatory matters. He has appeared in administrative proceedings before the EPA Environmental Appeals Board, New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission, Environmental Appeals Board, Mining Commission, State Engineer, Superintendent of Insurance, Public Regulation Commission, and other agencies in New Mexico and Arizona. He has negotiated federal and state settlements regarding numerous matters, including federal Consent Decrees settling claims under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and CERCLA, including natural resource damage claims. Recent appellate experience includes appeals before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and the New Mexico Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, as well as appeals of administrative actions in the New Mexico District Courts.

Dal has been named a Southwest Super Lawyer since 2007, recognized among the Best Lawyers in America since 1999, and is ranked in Chambers USA.