List of environmental lawyers

This is a list of notable environmental lawyers.

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Name Lifespan Nationality Significance Photo
Bruce Babbitt June 27, 1938 American Babbitt was United States Secretary of the Interior, Governor of Arizona, and Attorney General of Arizona.[1]
Nannette Jolivette Brown 1963-present American Brown is the current Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana[2]
Bradley M. Campbell 1961-present American Campbell was the Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Middle Atlantic Region.[3]
Alexandra Dunn Dunn is a law professor. She was formerly Executive Director and General Counsel of the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS),[4]
David Fleischaker 1944-present American Fleischaker served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy from 2003 to 2008.[5]
Dario Hunter 1983-present American Hunter is the first Muslim-born person to be ordained a rabbi.[6]
Janet Keeping 1971-present Canadian Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at University of Calgary, Director of Russian Program for Canadian Institute of Resources Law, Honorary Professor of Law at Tyumen State University in Russia, awarded Medal of Service by the Academic Council of Tomsk State University in Russia, Leader of the Green Party of Alberta.[7]
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. January 17, 1954 American Kennedy is president of Waterkeeper Alliance. He's also an attorney and environmental activist. He is a son of Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy.[8]
Peter Lehner 1958-present American Lehner is a lawyer and environmentalist. He's currently the executive director of Natural Resources Defense Council[9]
Eva Ligeti Canadian Ligeti served as Ontario's first Environmental Commissioner from 1994 to 1999.[10]
Harvey Locke Canadian Founder of Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, served as advisor to various nature conservation organizations, sits on the World Commission on Protected Areas.
Mahesh Chandra Mehta Indian Mehta is known for his continuous fights in Indian courts against pollution-causing industries. He received the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1996.[11]
Miles Tolbert American Tolbert served as Oklahoma Secretary of the Environment from January 2003 to August 2008.[12]
John Roche September 26, 1949 American Roche was a professional basketball player in the NBA and a lawyer.[13]
Andrew Sacks American Sacks is an attorney and managing partner of the Philadelphia law firm Sacks Weston Millstein Diamond, LLC.[14]
Dianne Saxe Canadian
Yvonne Scannell She is a professor of Environmental Law at Law School in Ireland.[15]
David Sive September 22, 1922 - March 12, 2014 American Sive is a pioneer in environmental law.[16]
Ted Smith July 15, 1945 Smith is an environmental activist.[17]
James Gustave Speth March 4, 1942 - present American Speth is known for his environment work in tasks forces and committees. He is a professor at Vermont Law School.[18]
Paul Stein 1939-present Australian Stein is a former lawyer and judge. He is known for his contributions to environmental and planning law.[19][20]
Jon Wellinghoff May 30, 1949 American Wellinghoff served as the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from 2009 to 2013.[21]

References

  1. ↑ Bruce Babbitt | Leaders | WWF
  2. ↑ La's first Black female federal judge, Nannette Jolivette Brown, honored | New Orleans' Multicultural News Source | The Louisiana Weekly
  3. ↑ Bradley M. Campbell LLC
  4. ↑ faculty_Dunn
  5. ↑ Center for the Study of State Constitutional Law & Government - Oklahoma City University School of Law
  6. ↑ "NYC: Ex-Muslim to be ordained as rabbi". YNetNews.com. July 7, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  7. ↑ http://greenpartyofalberta.ca/leader/
  8. ↑ Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
  9. ↑ NRDC: About NRDC
  10. ↑ Eva Ligeti
  11. ↑ Goldman Environmental Prize: M.C. Mehta (Retrieved on 28 November 2007)
  12. ↑ Chesapeake Energy Corporation Names C. Miles Tolbert Associate General Counsel – Environment, Health and Safety - MarketWatch
  13. ↑ Fitness Profile John Roche - The Denver Post
  14. ↑ Attorney Andrew Sacks - Lll Attorney Directory
  15. ↑ [tcd">http://www.tcd.ie/Law/yvonnescannell/index.php]
  16. ↑ Reinhold, Robert (April 29, 1988). "The Law; Coming of Age of the Environmental Lawyer". The New York Times. New York, NY. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  17. ↑ CA Supreme Court to Decide If Politicians' Private Emails Are Public Records - Breitbart
  18. ↑ James Gustave Speth | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
  19. ↑ Law Council of Australia symposium, The future of environmental law: A symposium to mark the contribution of Paul Stein in the field of environmental and planning law, Sydney, 10 December 2009
  20. ↑ Transcript, Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice Paul Stein upon the Occasion of his Retirement as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 11 April 2003
  21. ↑ John B. Wellinghoff | Energy Law Attorney | Former FERC Chair | Stoel Rives, LLP | San Francisco, CA
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