Environment
USA Guide 2024 : Illinois
Band 2
Contact number
+1 312 876 7700Chambers Review
Latham & Watkins LLP is a strong team of attorneys with notable expertise in a range of regulatory and transactional matters, as well as litigation. Demonstrates skill in regulatory compliance and the defense of clients in environmental tort actions, Superfund litigation and enforcement actions. Serves a client base that includes manufacturers and companies in the energy and aerospace industries. Adept in matters involving CAA and CWA concerns.
Work Highlights
- Latham & Watkins LLP represented Chevron in a C-137 release contamination case.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Latham team is outstanding."
"They are very responsive, very knowledgeable and good people with great personalities. We use them for the very sophisticated matters. They're a really good partner and are very practical in their guidance. They understand our objectives and give advice based on that."
"The team's work is always excellent and the communication is great."
"The Latham team is outstanding."
"They are very responsive, very knowledgeable and good people with great personalities. We use them for the very sophisticated matters. They're a really good partner and are very practical in their guidance. They understand our objectives and give advice based on that."
"The team's work is always excellent and the communication is great."
Notable Practitioners
Mary Rose Alexander handles high-stakes environmental litigation on behalf of a range of clients, including local authorities and companies in the chemical and energy sectors.
"She's fantastic, strategic, insightful and fights very hard for us in matters. We have a lot of confidence in her."
"Mary Rose Alexander is very strategic, detail-oriented and pragmatic. She's thorough too."
"She's very skilled at taking witnesses at trial, especially complex and detailed experts. She does an exceptional job in taking their testimony."