Erich Birch, P.E.

Environmental Law

Erich Birch is a professional engineer and attorney with over twelve years of legal experience primarily  in the areas of environmental, administrative, and contract law.  His practice is focused on permitting and compliance issues involving air quality, industrial and solid waste, and superfund.  Erich's experience spans the areas of private business, public governmental service and private law practice.  He began his legal career in the public sector as an attorney with the Texas Water Commission, working in the Commission’s Legal Division handling matters involving hazardous waste, superfund, petroleum storage tanks, and contracts.  He also served as  the agency's Public Interest Counsel prior to entering private law practice with an Austin law firm. 

Prior to practicing law, Erich was an engineer in the petrochemical industry.  He worked for thirteen years with Monsanto Chemical Company serving in various roles including project engineer, design engineer, maintenance engineer and as manager of the design group.  Through this experience he gained hands-on familiarity with many types of manufacturing equipment and process systems.  Erich was also a specialist and instructor of a logical problem solving technique and facilitated many group participatory problem identification and resolution sessions.  

Erich received a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1976, and received a Law degree from the University of Houston in 1989.  He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the Travis County Bar Association, the State Bar's Opportunity for Minorities in the Profession Committee, the American Arbitration Association, and he is a trained Mediator.

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