Environment
USA Guide 2024 : USA - Nationwide
Band 1
About
Provided by Beveridge & Diamond PC
Beveridge & Diamond's (B&D) more than 140 lawyers in seven U.S. offices focus on environmental and natural resource law (including ESG, environmental justice, sustainability, energy, air and climate change, water, and contaminated properties), litigation and alternative dispute resolution (including white collar, internal investigations, and crisis response); and product and chemical regulation. We help clients around the world resolve critical environmental and sustainability issues relating to their products, facilities, and operations. Our team includes former in-house lawyers from leading U.S. corporations and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of State, and other federal and state resource and environmental agencies. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values at B&D. 38% of our principals and 60% of our associates are women, and 52% of all lawyers are from historically-underrepresented populations. We are Mansfield 6.0-Plus certified by the Diversity Lab, having participated in the Mansfield Rule since the Mansfield 2.0 pilot, and in 2023, the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity recognized B&D as a Compass Award winner. B&D holds top-tier rankings for environmental law and litigation from legal directories and ranking services.
Chambers Review
Beveridge & Diamond PC is a respected boutique focused exclusively on environmental law at all levels across the country. Providing multidisciplinary expertise across the group, the firm represents a range of clients in matters from legislative advice and advocacy to clean air and water regulation and litigation. The firm offers particular capability in the pesticides and biotechnology space and is noted for its impressive client roster drawn from the pharmaceutical, chemical and retail industries, among others.
Kathryn Szmuszkovicz is a key contact in Washington, DC.
Work Highlights
- Beveridge & Diamond PC acted as lead counsel for the Mountain Valley Pipeline project on ESA issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The depth of Beveridge & Diamond is phenomenal, and they always seem to be on top of the most recent activity in the space."
"Beveridge & Diamond gives a high level of service."
"Excellent client service, and a great resource for keeping clients abreast of relevant legal and regulatory developments."
"The depth of Beveridge & Diamond is phenomenal, and they always seem to be on top of the most recent activity in the space."
"Beveridge & Diamond gives a high level of service."
"Excellent client service, and a great resource for keeping clients abreast of relevant legal and regulatory developments."