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Environmental Litigation Committee

Mission

Welcome to the Environmental Litigation Committee website. Our Committee is dedicated to helping its members become better environmental litigators. We believe that we are one of the most collegial and friendly committees in the ABA, and that our members truly benefit from the relationships they develop with other lawyers whose practices are focused on environmental matters.

We are large enough to put on excellent and informative education programs, while being small enough that no one feels left out or lost in the crowd. Year after year the Committee identifies the legal issues and topics that are at the forefront of the practice and brings together lawyers, judges, consultants and in-house counsel to teach and inform our members.

If you are not already a member of the Environmental Litigation Committee, we invite you to join us.

 

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Announcements

Ask a Mentor

The latest installment of Ask a Mentor is now available on our Young Lawyers page.

Calling all Women Environmental Attorneys!

Consider joining the Subcommittee of Women Environmental Lawyers (SWEL) during our next bimonthly conference call. The calls discuss committee activities and publication opportunities, allowing members to share successes or questions, and feature a new speaker discussing an ongoing matter or "hot topic" in environmental law during every call. The next call is May 21, 2012, at 4 p.m. Eastern. Contact Maggie Witherup or Gail Wurtzler to be added to the email reminders and to get the call-in number.

Environmental Litigation Winter 2012 Newsletter

The latest edition of the Environmental Litigation newsletter is now available.

Get Involved

Involvement in our committee is a great way to keep your practice up-to-date and get more involved in the Section of Litigation. In addition to seeking contributions to our newsletter and website, we are looking for help with our subcommittees. If you think you might be interested in contributing an article, news & development, or case note; joining a subcommittee; or getting involved in leadership, please let us know.

Message from the Chairs

We hope that everyone is having a terrific spring. It was great to see so many committee members at the Section of Litigation Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. The program was an unqualified success.

In terms of upcoming committee activities, the work has begun on next year’s Joint CLE Conference, which our committee cosponsors with the Products Liability and Mass Torts Committees. The conference will be at The Sheraton Steamboat in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, January 31– February 2, 2013.  Eric Andreas and Nessa Horewitch have agreed to be our committee representatives in the planning process, and they would welcome your suggestions. In particular, we are looking for program proposals that involve:

1. cutting-edge topics focusing on the issues of environmental, mass torts, and products liability litigation;

2. program formats that engage the audience and promote participation and interaction; and

3. creative and energetic panelists (generally no more than three panelists), plus a dynamic moderator.

Also, please keep the ABA’s Goal III (diversity in the profession) in mind when putting together your proposals.

As always, we continue to welcome new content for our committee website, including short write-ups of recent cases and enforcement developments. Please contact Lauren Godshall or Ted Warpinski if you have any submittals.

New members welcome! If you have colleagues or friends who might be interested in our Environmental Litigation Committee, please encourage them to join. If you have questions about our committee and what we do, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Douglas Arnold
Jim Ray

Cochairs, Environmental Litigation Committee

 

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