C. Eric Davis is an attorney in Phillips Murrah’s Clean Energy Practice Group and the Government Relations and Compliance Practice Group. He represents clients in a range of regulatory and energy matters. His governmental experience includes serving as an assistant attorney general for the State of Oklahoma. Mr. Davis was also an attorney for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and the Oklahoma Tax Commission, and clerked two years for the state trial courts of Vermont. Mr. Davis received his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School and his undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University. Mr. Davis is also a graduate of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Leadership Academy, a past board member of the OBA Young Lawyers Division, and an alumnus of Leadership Oklahoma City.

Ms. Davis-Maddy is a reputable trial lawyer in the commercial, healthcare, environmental and water law sectors. Although primarily a litigator, she practice is full service—assisting her clients and their needs that span the employment, commercial, real property, regulatory and administrative fields. Ms. Davis-Maddy healthcare practice includes advising physicians and other licensed providers regarding corporate, administrative and litigation issues, while her environmental practice focuses on interacting with state and federal agencies to provide her clients with the outcomes they desire. Most recently, She has obtained favorable results for clients in state and federal licensure and certification actions, including with the Department of Environmental Quality and Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. Ms. Davis-Maddy is an accomplished water attorney, regularly assisting clients in asserting, obtaining and protecting their water rights in court or at state agencies. Her clients include small and large municipalities, corporations, landowners and family farmers.

Oklahoma Water Survey, Oklahoma City
Ms. Fleming is the assistant director/outreach and education coordinator for the Oklahoma Water Survey. Previously Ms. Fleming was the environmental programs manager with the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. Her responsibilities included working with volunteers in the Blue Thumb Water Quality Education Program and project management. Prior to joining the Commission,Ms. Fleming worked for the Oklahoma Water Resources Research Institute where she was project manager for the Institutes’s role in updating Oklahoma’s Comprehensive Water Plan. She has a degree in Mass Communications from Northeastern State University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law. In addition to her duties for the Commission, Ms. Fleming teaches Applied Environmental Law for the University of Tulsa’s Masters of Jurisprudence program and serves on the boards of Lake McMurtry Friends, Inc. and Friends of Blue Thumb, Inc.

Phillips Murrah
Ms. Gardner is a director and an attorney in the Energy & Natural Resources Practice Group. She represents energy companies and mineral owners in a variety of matters in Oklahoma, Texas and North Dakota, including oil and gas title examination, bankruptcy, probate, quiet title, surface damages issues, and lien preparation and enforcement. The changing environment in the energy industry has caused Mr. Gardner’s practice to increasingly focus on helping her clients navigate new financial realities, expanding her experience in the areas of estate planning, business succession, and bankruptcy and restructuring.

Mr. Sowecke his practice focuses on state and federal litigation and regulatory compliance and enforcement related to energy and environmental law. He represents energy, chemical, manufacturing, real estate, and agricultural clients in state and federal permitting and regulatory compliance and enforcement matters. Mr. Sowecke comprehensive environmental practice addresses federal and state regulations under the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Toxics Release Inventory program (TRI), Endangered Species Act (ESA), and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). He also frequently assists clients with drafting and submitting comments to proposed rules and regulations related to state and federal environmental laws. Mr. Sowecke has extensive experience in complex environmental contamination issues related to water, soil, and air. He regularly works with consulting and testifying experts (e.g., engineers, geologists, geochemists, hydrologists, lab technicians) and other scientists at state and federal agencies on investigations, analyses, and interpretations of large data sets in the context of administrative and civil enforcement actions and state and federal litigation. Mr. Sowecke regularly guides his clients through permitting, compliance, and enforcement actions in front of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ), Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC), and Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB), as well federal agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Department of Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Oklahoma Conservation Commission, Oklahoma City
Ms. Steward is the general counsel for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. Ms. Stewart graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University with a B.S. degree in Biology/Chemistry and with her Juris Doctor of Law degree in 1994. She is a member of both the Oklahoma and Texas Bars. Following graduation she worked as an assistant city attorney for the City of Dallas, Texas, for four years and then served as the general counsel for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry from October of 1998 to October 2007.