Environmental
Environmental challenges continue to be among the most important and potentially costly issues facing the business community. Alston & Bird’s environmental team provides forward-thinking advice on a new generation of issues — climate change, water resources, carbon control, nanotechnology, chemical facility security, toxic trespass and green chemistry. We continue to help clients mount successful defenses to aggressive environmental claims, and have handled some of the largest, most complex environmental matters in the nation.
EXPERIENCE
Alston & Bird’s environmental lawyers are experienced, creative and credentialed and have a proven record of tackling these issues for clients across the country.
Environmental and Citizen Suit Litigation
Regulatory Compliance & Permitting
Proposition 65
Climate Change/Carbon Management
Environmental Enforcement & Crimes Defense
Hazardous Materials
Nanotechnology
Toxic Torts
Water Resources
Shale Gas Extraction / Hydraulic Fracturing
RECOGNITION
We are leaders in our field. Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business describes us as “a phenomenal group at the top of the industry,” in addition to selecting eight attorneys as leaders in the field of environmental law. One of our partners’ national preeminence was confirmed by his selection in 2007-2008 as the chair of the American Bar Association’s Section on Energy, Environment and Resources (SEER). Another partner just completed a two-year term serving as chair of SEER’s Environmental Enforcement and Crimes Committee. Our team also includes former senior enforcement officials from the Environmental Enforcement Section and Environmental Crimes Section of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., as well as U.S. EPA.
WHY ALSTON & BIRD?
Our breadth and depth of experience and expertise across a full range of environmental compliance, litigation and land development issues is matched by few other national law firms.