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Two join Hunton & Williams as partners in environmental law

By Jason Siegel

Environmental lawyers Chris Amantea and Malcolm Weiss joined Hunton & Williams' Los Angeles office as partners.

Amantea was previously at partner at McDermott Will. He focuses on regulatory and litigation matters involving toxic substances, air and water quality, land use and other environmental issues. Amantea also regularly counsels clients with respect to state and federal Superfund liability, Proposition 65, and hazardous waste regulatory issues. He has represented clients in numerous complex environmental cases, including class action and toxic tort litigation involving thousands of parties.

Weiss was previously a partner at Jeffer Mangels and began his career at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Weiss represents companies in the mining, energy, oil, manufacturing, aerospace, real estate, automotive and financial services sectors and trade associations. He counsels clients on issues related to permitting new and expanding facilities, regulatory compliance, rulemaking, agency enforcement actions, citizen suits; and, for the past two years has been focusing on climate change and AB 32.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on April 08, 2008 (boomark / email).