Robert Ayers

Robert Ayers is a partner at Holland & Hart in Jackson, Wyoming, who represents clients in environmental and workplace safety matters. His practice includes government investigations, emergency response, compliance counseling, internal investigations, regulatory enforcement, and litigation. He advises clients after major industrial incidents, process-safety events, and workplace fatalities and works with agencies including OSHA, the Chemical Safety Board, EPA, MSHA, and PHMSA. He also counsels clients on regulatory compliance, workplace safety culture, and process safety management.

Ayers earned a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 2010, graduating magna cum laude. He served on the Houston Law Review Executive Board and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He received a B.B.A. from Baylor University in 2007, graduating cum laude. His education supports a practice involving detailed regulatory analysis, investigations, administrative proceedings, and civil litigation. He is admitted in Wyoming, Texas, Utah, and Washington and in several federal courts.

Ayers defends clients in regulatory enforcement actions before bodies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Interior Board of Land Appeals, and state environmental and occupational safety boards. He also litigates civil disputes arising from industrial incidents, oil and gas development, personal injury, groundwater contamination, and contracts. His representative work includes responses to fatal incidents, explosions, chemical releases, major OSHA citations, environmental allegations, and internal process-safety investigations for energy, manufacturing, mining, and service companies.

Robert Ayers brings together environmental law, workplace safety, emergency response, and litigation experience for clients operating in regulated industries. He has been recognized by Mountain States Super Lawyers in Administrative Law and previously practiced at an Am Law 100 firm in Houston. His work is especially relevant when an industrial event creates overlapping safety, environmental, enforcement, and civil-litigation concerns. He helps clients respond to agencies, preserve and investigate facts, address compliance questions, and defend contested regulatory or civil matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Holland & Hart LLP
• Member, Wyoming State Bar
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Utah State Bar
• Member, Washington State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Wyoming
• Texas
• Utah
• Washington

Education

• University of Houston Law Center
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Baylor University
  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

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