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For over 25 years. Paul E. Gutermann has had a national practice litigating cutting-edge issues arising under all the major statutes; negotiating environmental issues in corporate mergers, divestitures and restructurings; and assisting clients before Congress and executive branch agencies on policy development.
Mr. Gutermann has served as lead trial counsel defending major enforcement actions brought by the United States, states and national environmental groups in courts from New York to California. He has tried cases involving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, federal and state regulations governing the management of hazardous waste and cost recovery actions under CERCLA. Mr. Gutermann has been the lead environmental lawyer on transactions representing companies acquiring and divesting assets; the value of transactions on which he has worked totals in the billions of dollars. He has also represented creditors committees in connection with the restructuring of major industrial manufacturing conglomerates. Mr. Gutermann has represented clients in connection with the development of federal legislation on such issues as the acid rain requirements and efforts to regulate carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act and implementation of the Montréal Protocol. He is a frequent speaker and writer on the range of issues related to domestic and international environmental law.
Mr. Gutermann received his A.B. cum laude and with high honors in 1978 from Clark University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. in 1981 from Case Western Reserve University, where he served as editor in chief of the Case Western Reserve Law Review and was a member of Order of the Coif. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, several U.S. courts of appeals and the U.S. District courts for the District of Columbia and Maryland. He is listed in peer-review publications, including The Best Lawyers in America and Who’s Legal USA: Environment.
Written Works
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"Regulating CO2 as an NSR Pollutant,"
Bloomberg Law Reports: Sustainable Energy,
June 2009
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"Storm Clouds Ahead: Climate Change and the Insurance Industry,"
Climate Change: Litigation, Regulation and Risk,
2008
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"Court Gives Indian Tribes New Tool for Remediating Contamination on Indian Lands,"
Real Estate Finance,
February 2008
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"Not-So-New Source Review: D.C. Circuit Signals a Return to NSR Enforcement,"
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel,
April 2006
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"Why Including an Outside Science Coordinator in Your Litigation Team May Make More Sense Than You Think,"
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel,
July 2005
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"Drowning in a Sea of Clean Water Act Regulation,"
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
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Bar Admissions
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S.C.A., 10th Circuit
- U.S.C.A., 11th Circuit
- U.S.C.A., 3rd Circuit
- U.S.C.A., 4th Circuit
- U.S.C.A., 6th Circuit
- U.S.C.A., 7th Circuit
- U.S.C.A., DC Circuit
- U.S.D.C., District of Columbia
- U.S.D.C., District of Maryland
Education
- J.D., Case Western University School of Law, 1981
- A.B., Clark University, cum laude, 1978
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