The Legal 500 ranked Beveridge & Diamond as a top tier firm in the environmental regulatory law category for the seventh consecutive year, and as a leading firm in the environmental litigation category for the twelfth consecutive year, in its United States edition.

The editorial references B&D’s role as court-appointed monitor in the Duke Energy coal ash cleanup, our role as environmental counsel to corporate compliance monitor in the Volkswagen AG (VW) emissions settlement as part of VW’s $2.8B criminal plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, and our litigation win in a lawsuit challenging an unprecedented air ordinance enacted by the City of Baltimore that conflicts with federal and state air emissions limits and permits on behalf of a coalition of companies and trade associations. It also highlights our work advising Fortune 100 companies on cutting edge regulatory issues related to product stewardship, circular economy, and corporate sustainability/ESG.

While The Legal 500 does not rank lawyers and focuses on assessing the overall strength and depth of practice groups, it highlighted John Cruden (Principal, Washington, DC) as a “leading lawyer” for both environmental litigation and regulatory law, and mentioned 23 additional B&D attorneys:

Regulatory

• Maddie Boyer (Principal, Austin)
• Jeanine Grachuk (Principal, Boston)
• Paul Hagen (Principal, Washington, DC)
• Karen Hansen (Principal, Austin)
• Lauren Hopkins (Office Managing Principal, San Francisco)
• Russ LaMotte (Principal, Washington, DC)
• Pamela Marks (Principal, Baltimore)
• Parker Moore (Principal, Washington, DC)
• Michael Murphy (Principal, New York)
• John Paul (Principal, New York)
• Steve Richmond (Principal, Boston)
• Alan Sachs (Principal, Washington, DC)
• Kathy Szmuszkovicz (Firmwide Managing Principal, Washington, DC)

Litigation

• Megan Brillault (Principal, New York)
• Loren Dunn (Principal, Seattle)
• David Friedland (Principal, Washington, DC)
• John Guttmann (Principal, Washington, DC)
• Anthony Michaels (Principal, Washington, DC)
• Julius Redd (Principal, Washington, DC)
• Bina Reddy (Principal, Austin)
• Susan Smith (Principal, San Francisco)
• Dave Weber (Principal, Seattle)
• Ben Wilson (Chairman, Washington, DC)

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