Our Practice

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 General Counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • 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 

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