Michael Gerrard received more personal nominations for this guide than any other lawyer in the world.
Gerrard heads the New York office of Arnold & Porter, where he is involved in environmental litigation (civil, criminal and administrative), project development, regulatory compliance counselling, and transactions. He also co-chairs (with Jonathan Martel) the firm's climate change practice. He has practised environmental law in New York City since 1979 and has tried numerous cases and argued numerous appeals in federal and state courts and administrative tribunals. He was the 2004-2005 chair of the American Bar Association's 10,000-member Section of Environment, Energy and Resources. He has also chaired the executive committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the Environmental Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. Gerrard has taught environmental law as a member of the adjunct faculties of Columbia Law School and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Since 1986, Gerrard has written an environmental law column for the New York Law Journal and, since 1989, he has been editor of a monthly newsletter: Environmental Law in New York. He is author or editor of seven books, two of which were named Best Law Book of the Year by the Association of American Publishers: Environmental Law Practice Guide (twelve volumes, 1992) and Brownfields Law and Practice: The Clean up and Redevelopment of Contaminated Land (four volumes, 1998). His other books are Environmental Impact Review in New York (two volumes, 1990); Whose Backyard, Whose Risk: Fear and Fairness in Toxic and Nuclear Waste Siting (1994); Amending CERCLA (with Joel Gross, 2006); Global Climate Change and US Law (2007); and The Law of Environmental Justice (second edition, with Sheila Foster, 2008).
Gerrard also serves on the boards of the Environmental Law Institute, the Council on the Environment of New York City, New York Environmental Advocates, and the Legal Aid Society of New York, and was for ten years general counsel of the Municipal Art Society of New York.
Gerrard holds a JD from New York University Law School (1978), where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar, and a BA from Columbia University (1972).
In addition to his domestic practice, Mr Gerrard has advised numerous foreign investors on the environmental aspects of US properties, and he has handled several cases concerning transboundary and marine pollution and global climate change issues. He has lectured on environmental law in Great Britain, France, Canada, China, and India, as well as throughout the US.
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