Timothy J. "Tim" Poche - Lawyer in Baton Rouge, LA

Taylor Porter Partner Tim Pochés practice focuses on advising and defending clients on environmental issues across a broad range of industries including energy, petrochemical, wastewater, public utility, transportation, and solid and hazardous waste treatment and disposal.Tim counsels clients on a variety of compliance and permitting issues, with special emphasis on waste and water compliance and permitting, environmental remediation, and due diligence. He has extensive experience counseling and defending clients in regulatory enforcement actions before federal and state regulatory agencies including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources/Office of Conservation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Louisiana Department of Health.Tim has also represented clients in complex civil litigation involving environmental damage and remediation claims in both state and federal courts and has successfully defended clients against citizen suits under both federal and state environmental laws.Tim is ranked by his peers in Best Lawyers in America? in Environmental Law and Environmental Litigation.Tim received a B.S. in geology from Louisiana State University in 1988 and his J.D. from Louisiana State University in 1992. He served as chair of the Louisiana State Bar Associations Environmental Law Section. He is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state courts, the federal district courts for the Middle, Eastern, and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.