Environmental

For more than 25 years, clients have turned to Sidley’s Environmental group for innovative and practical solutions to their most pressing environmental issues. Composed of more than 40 lawyers working out of the U.S. and Brussels, and in concert with lawyers in all of Sidley’s offices worldwide, the Environmental group is distinguished by:

Knowledge and Insight

Our lawyers advise Boards of Directors and CEOs, participate in major international and domestic environmental policy initiatives and have held a number of senior governmental positions. From this first-hand experience comes an understanding of decision-making in private, public and international organizations that is vital to resolving complex and controversial matters, especially when the outcome depends on being able to identify, communicate and solve key issues quickly and accurately.

Our lawyers include:

A former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of United States Department of Justice (USDOJ)
A former Chief of the Environmental Enforcement Section of USDOJ
A former Chief of the Appellate Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of USDOJ
Lawyers who formerly worked at USEPA headquarters and USDOJ’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division
Former state Assistant Attorneys General

Environmental Appeals Board Remands Deseret Power Electric Cooperative PSD Permit; Leaves Issues of CO2 Permitting Requirements Unresolved
November 17, 2008
CARB Issues Final Draft Plan to Reduce GHG Emissions
October 28, 2008

Sidley Ranked Across a Broad Cross-Section of Industries in the 2008 BTI Industry Power Rankings
October 20, 2008
Roger Martella, former General Counsel to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Rejoins Sidley Austin LLP
September 10, 2008

Climate Change and Litigation in the U.S.
2008/2009
EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Proposal: A Blueprint for Federal Regulation
October 24, 2008