People / Victor K. Salazar

Biography

Victor K. Salazar is an associate in the Environmental Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s San Antonio office.

Victor’s practice focuses on helping clients navigate complex areas of environmental law. Victor assists clients with day-to-day environmental compliance, enforcement actions, permitting, M&A due diligence, and environmental litigation.

Victor’s experience includes assisting clients with issues relating to, among other things, federal and state environmental compliance, greenhouse gas emission reporting requirements, Class VI injection well applications, real estate transactions and development, TSCA requirements, superfund matters.

Victor has advised a unique cross-section of clients from diverse industries, including oil and gas, real estate, recycling and waste, electricity generation, renewable energy, construction, manufacturing, mining, chemical development, HVAC, and food & beverage. Victor has also advised clients about the new state Extended Producer Responsibility and Post-Consumer Recycled content laws.

Victor’s practice also extends into the water law arena, having experience with wastewater permitting, water use and development, and water rights.

With a comprehensive knowledge of the agriculture industry, Victor is also poised to aid agricultural stakeholders with their complex legal problems. Victor grew up in the ag industry and was actively involved in a cattle operation before going to college. Prior to attending law school, Victor received two degrees in agriculture and worked for a state-wide agricultural organization for five years.

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  • State Bar of Texas: Public Utility Law, Environmental & Natural Resources Law, and Administrative & Public Law Sections
  • San Antonio Bar Association: Natural Resources Section
  • Texas Aggie Bar Association
  • “Chevron Overturned – Vive la Deference No More” co-author, Haynes Boone client alert, July 9, 2024.
  • “Ohio v. EPA – The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind” co-author, Haynes Boone client alert, July 02, 2024.
  • “Transition Toward Renewables – Policy and Lates Developments” co-author, Latin Lawyer, March 20, 2024.
  • “Regulatory Landscape: All Eyes on Energy Storage” co-author, Haynes Boone client alert, February 21, 2024.

Education

J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law, 2023, summa cum laude; Order of the Coif, Texas Tech Law Review

M.B.A., General Business Administration, Texas Tech University, 2023

M.S., Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, Texas A&M University, 2015

B.S., Agricultural Education, Clemson University, 2013

Admissions

Texas