Welcome to the Environmental Law Network
- About ELN
The Environmental Law Network (ELN) is the first environmental law firm network that makes local representation available nationwide. Through ELN, more than 250 environmental attorneys share ideas, information, experiences, and contacts to increase the value of legal representation for their respective clients. ELN also has foreign affiliates in Argentina, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Spain. Leaders in each of the member firms average more than 20 years of experience in the field.
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Featured Firm
WILLMS & SHIER ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYERS LLP
Environmental regulation is on the increase, enforcement is more stringent and penalties are more severe. Exposure to personal liability poses real risks for individuals, directors and officers. Government officials are given wide powers with limited opportunities for appeal and challenge. Private claims are becoming more complex and open-ended and exposure to damages increases.
Willms & Shier's focus on environmental law provides strength and experience in breadth and depth to help clients successfully deal with all aspects of environmental litigation, whether as plaintiff, defendant, appellant, or applicant for judicial review, across the spectrum of Courts and Tribunals, Willms & Shier defends clients from environmental prosecutions and appeals regulatory approvals and orders. Our lawyers facilitate and negotiate environmental approvals and represent clients at approval hearings and appeals. Willms & Shier represents clients at the Ontario Municipal Board on land use planning matters with environmental elements.
Our clients are often confronted with contamination issues, ranging from coal tar and landfill litigation to brownfield remediation and redevelopment to contamination of municipal road allowances. Willms & Shier provides strategic legal advice and litigation counsel to clients in negotiating, litigating and defending civil claims arising from contaminated land and hazardous materials.