2013
ELG attorneys Jim Payne, Bill Hefner, and Jim Mennell have again been chosen by their peers for inclusion on the list of The Best Lawyers in America® for 2014. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers employs an exhaustive annual peer-review survey of more than 50,000 attorneys who vote on the legal abilities of other lawyers practicing in the same and related specialties in their geographical area. Jim, Bill and Jim are grateful to again be selected by their peers in the Minnesota environmental bar for this honor.
The Environmental Law Group, Ltd., has again been named a “Best Law Firm” in the 2014 list of the nation’s top law firms compiled by U.S. News and World Report – Best Lawyers. ELG was named a Tier 1 firm in the Minneapolis Metro area in the areas of Environmental Law and Water Law and a Tier 3 national firm in the area of Environmental Law.
ELG attorneys Bill Hefner and Jeremy Greenhouse will be featured speakers on November 12, 2013, at the 2013 Conference on the Environment, co-sponsored by the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association and the Central States Environmental Association. Mr. Hefner and Mr. Greenhouse will speak on recent trends and case law developments in EPA’s New Source Review enforcement authority under the Clean Air Act and the five-year limitations period in 28 U.S.C. § 2462. Mr. Hefner will give a separate presentation on ever-changing regulation of greenhouse gases.
On October 23, 2013, ELG attorney Jeremy Greenhouse will appear as part of a panel at an event sponsored by the St. Thomas Law School environmental law section on careers in environmental law.
On October 30, 2014, ELG attorney Jeremy Greenhouse will speak as part of a panel presentation entitled “Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit Program: Hot Topics and Practical Implications,” Hamline University School of Law, October 30, 2013.
ELG attorney Bill Hefner will be a featured speaker at the Greenhouse Gas Regulation and Reporting Workshop put on by the Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) Upper Midwest Section on August 20, 2013. Mr. Hefner will be speaking on current and upcoming greenhouse-gas policy, rules and law.