Beveridge & Diamond's nationwide environmental practice earned a Band 1 ranking in the 2022 edition of Chambers and Partners – USA.

Chambers ranks B&D as a leading environmental practice in every state B&D has an office in which Chambers produces rankings of environmental practices. B&D was named a leading environmental law practice in California, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Washington.

Chambers also named our New York office a leading Insurance Coverage (Policyholder) practice in New York.  This practice works nationwide to advise on insurance issues and recover insurance proceeds for our clients in environmental and other matters.

Chambers refers to B&D as a “respected boutique focused exclusively on environmental law at all levels across the country,” and a firm that “provides multidisciplinary expertise across the group, and represents a range of clients in matters from legislative advice and advocacy to clean air and water regulation and litigation.” They also note that B&D offers “particular “capability in the pesticides and biotechnology space.”

Quotes from clients and other market commentators about the firm include:

"The attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond have a significant depth of knowledge and experience."

"They understand the pressures companies are under in this arena and provide practical advice on options for addressing them."

"They have excellent lawyers that do very focused and sophisticated environment work."

The recognized B&D lawyers are:

Maddie Boyer (Principal, Austin)

Nessa Horewitch Coppinger (Principal, Washington, DC)

Loren Dunn (Principal, Seattle)

Marc Goldstein (Office Managing Principal, Boston)

Steve Gordon (Principal, New York)

Jeanine Grachuk (Principal, Boston)

Paul Hagen (Principal, Washington, DC)

Karen Hansen (Principal, Austin)

John Kazanjian (Office Managing Principal, New York)

Laura LaValle (Office Managing Principal, Austin)

Michael Murphy (Principal, New York)

John Paul (Principal, New York)

Steve Richmond (Chairman, Boston)

Jimmy Slaughter (Principal, Washington, DC)

Gary Smith (Principal, San Francisco)

View B&D's full ranking on the Chambers website.