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March 19, 2013
White & Case LLP's Seth Kerschner helped smooth out environmental requirements to finance a $4.5 billion petrochemical project in Mexico — the biggest private sector deal to close in Latin America in 2012 — while also juggling global climate change work and pollution lawsuits for both defendants and plaintiffs, making the 31-year-old one of Law360's five young environmental attorneys to watch.
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March 18, 2013
From guiding Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. to the successful resolution of a massive pesticide investigation to securing an acquittal for a wastewater company facing a host of criminal charges, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner Karl Heisler has built a reputation for success and earned a spot among five young environmental attorneys recently honored by Law360.
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March 15, 2013
Less than a decade out of law school, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP attorney Wayne D'Angelo found himself in a leading role in industry's fight against key U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal regulations, landing him a place among five environmental attorneys recently honored by Law360.
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March 08, 2013
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2013, our list of the 111 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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March 29, 2012
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's David Quigley has helped clients manage environmental due diligence related to more than $1 billion in acquisitions, using an innovative approach tailored to the risks faced by financial services companies, one of many accomplishments earning him a spot among Law360's top five environmental attorneys under 40.
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March 28, 2012
Scott Janoe of Baker Botts LLP helped steer BP Products North America Inc. through a settlement with the state of Texas for half of the $100 million the state originally sought for air pollution allegedly resulting from a deadly refinery explosion, making him one of Law360's five rising environmental law stars under 40.
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March 27, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Laura Godfrey has helped Southern California Edison Co. and other companies in the western U.S. fend off federal and local environmental challenges — both inside and outside court — on their way to gaining regulatory approval for large-scale transmission capacity projects, earning her a place among Law360's five rising environmental stars under 40.
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March 26, 2012
Texas, Asarco LLC, industry groups and academics have all counted on Baker Hostetler partner Mark DeLaquil during high-profile battles over global warming and attempts to regulate greenhouse gas and other emissions, making the 32-year-old one of Law360's top five environmental attorneys under 40.
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March 23, 2012
Hunton & Williams LLP's Karma Brown has won victories for the American Farm Bureau Federation and other major trade groups in high-profile Clean Water Act fights against the federal government, earning her a place among Law360's five rising environmental law stars under 40.
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March 24, 2011
Hunton & Williams LLP's Tauna Szymanski has become a point person at the firm for environmental commodities, working with big-league energy players such as BP PLC and earning a spot on Law360's list of five environmental lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 23, 2011
A string of successes in defending coal-fired power plants against Clean Air Act enforcement actions helped earned Nash Long of Winston & Strawn LLP a place among Law360's five environmental attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 22, 2011
Baker Botts LLP's Scott Janoe helped Esso Standard Oil Co. prevail in a high-stakes citizen suit in Puerto Rico over land and water contamination, one of several accomplishments that landed him among Law360's five environmental lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 21, 2011
Upon joining Beveridge & Diamond PC, Lily N. Chinn jumped into a lead role defending PPG Industries in a complex $135 million toxic tort suit, scoring a defense victory for the chemical manufacturer in one of the most environmentally friendly jurisdictions in the U.S. — and earning her a spot on Law360's list of five environmental lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 18, 2011
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger tapped Best Best & Krieger LLP's Christopher H. Calfee to help formulate the state's cutting-edge guidelines for analyzing greenhouse gas emissions, a distinction that earned him a spot on Law360's list of five environmental lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 16, 2010
A track record of convincing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to drop New Source Review enforcement actions — and helping clients avoid possibly having to shell out millions for control equipment and penalties — has helped land Frost Brown Todd LLC's Steven Wesloh a spot on Law360's list of 10 environmental attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 15, 2010
Alston & Bird LLP partner Shiraz Tangri's success in lining up environmentalists' support of Plains All American Pipeline LLC's $500 million oil tanker terminal in Los Angeles helped defeat a legal challenge to the project. That and other fruitful efforts to balance green sensibilities with development have earned him a spot on Law360's list of 10 environmental lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 14, 2010
Linklaters LLP partner Stan Renas has structured some of the biggest deals in the emerging market for emissions offset trading and advised the World Bank on its role as a trustee under the Kyoto Protocol, earning him a place on Law360's list of 10 environmental attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 13, 2010
Haynes and Boone LLP's Bane Phillippi has helped draft guidance on environmental laws for Iraqi officials, advised energy companies such as Panda Energy International Inc. on water rights issues and renewed his commitment to military service, making him one of Law360's 10 environmental lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 12, 2010
A nationally recognized advocate for alternative energy, Jackson Walker LLP's Michael Nasi has had a hand in drafting two major energy bills and four significant environmental bills before the Texas Legislature that have helped energy companies transition to clean technology, making him one of Law 360's 10 environmental attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 09, 2010
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Michael Murphy helped both Lockheed Martin Corp. and Goodrich Corp. ensure their right to pursue the U.S. government for cost recovery under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, making him one of Law360's 10 environmental attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 08, 2010
Whether he’s crossing the globe to advise China on climate change policy or netting Ford Motor Co. billions in government funding for green initiatives, it’s his diverse practice — shaped by stints in both the public and private sectors — that has earned Sidley Austin LLP’s Roger R. Martella recognition as one of Law360’s 10 environmental attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 07, 2010
In what the federal government has called the most complicated environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history, Baker Botts LLP's Scott Janoe steered Asarco LLC through $6.5 billion in environmental claims, making him one of Law360's 10 environmental lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 06, 2010
Whether it's a decades-long dispute over the environmental effects of the expansion of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport or litigating the first use of Florida's mini-Superfund statute in a chemical exposure case, Jenner & Block LLP partner Keri Holleb Hotaling only gets the call when the stakes are high, securing her a spot on Law360’s list of 10 environmental lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 05, 2010
A flair for facilitating the development of land use projects, including an academic village for Nova University and the transformation of a former cow pasture into 500 acres of residential community, has made Hope Calhoun of Ruden McClosky one of Law360's 10 environmental attorneys under 40 to watch.