Lydia has a broad-based regulatory, transactional and litigation practice involving domestic and Latin American environmental law. She has extensive experience advising clients on permitting, compliance, enforcement and remediation matters.
She has represented national and international clients in a wide range of industry sectors, including energy, chemical manufacturing and electronics companies, on waste, water and air regulatory issues. She has also counseled multi-national companies and trade associations on compliance and regulatory issues arising under Latin American domestic laws.
Before entering private practice, Lydia served as head of the Office of Legal Services of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). During her tenure at TCEQ, she served as lead counsel on numerous contested agency proceedings and provided legal representation on complex and controversial issues facing the state in all environmental media.
Ms. González Gromatzky is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law. She is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Portuguese and is a frequent speaker and writer on the subject of environmental law.