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Environmental Law

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Sonnenschein's Environmental, Energy and Public Resources lawyers represent clients across the country in a wide array of environmental and resource issues.  As a nationwide, diversified resource for our clients, we work closely with our colleagues who specialize in complex litigation, corporate law, legislative advocacy, trade, and other areas of law and policy.  For specific information about the Energy, Telecom and regulated industry aspects of the Group, we invite you to visit the Energy and the Communications portions of this Web site.

Our experience reflects the unique legal and policy environments in different parts of the country and the diverse interests of America’s private and public sectors.  We have helped our clients build pipelines and manage radioactive waste in the West.  Sonnenschein's Environmental attorneys have supported clients developing landmark real estate complexes in the East. Owners of the most contaminated sites in the Midwest industrial heartland have relied on us to turn massive liabilities into valuable assets. We have helped our clients move or deter Congress, the White House, state and local agencies.

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Spotlight on Environmental
Sonnenschein Achieves Victory in Pro Bono Environmental Case
Sonnenschein attorneys Nick Yost, Sarah Ratcliffe Choi and Matthew Adams convinced a federal judge in California to dismiss a suit challenging the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), which would provide for both species/habitat protection and improved reliability of water supplies in California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.  The lawsuit, brought by two water agencies, claimed that the state and federal agencies' notices of preparation and notice of intent violated CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) and NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act), respectively.
 
Sonnenschein represented six different non-profit environmental organizations in the case who were sued because of their role and participation in the BDCP planning process.  Those groups, along with other defendants, filed motions to dismiss in the Eastern District of California on multiple grounds, with the main point being that that the claims were not ripe under NEPA.