Whether your products are grown, extracted, or manufactured, Crowell & Moring’s environmental and natural resource lawyers can help guide you through the complex framework of laws that affect their production and use. Our lawyers have built a national reputation in such areas as water and air quality, endangered species, public land use, site cleanup and reclamation, biotechnology, toxic substances and pesticides, health and safety, and consumer products regulation. We also remain on the cutting edge of emerging areas such as climate change and nanotechnology.
We counsel and litigate on behalf of national trade associations, multinational corporations, and smaller companies, in addition to state and local governments, foundations, and other organizations. Our clients are engaged in the mining, silviculture, agriculture, construction, and defense industries, and manufacture products as diverse as agricultural and industrial chemicals, heavy equipment, motor vehicles, engines, pharmaceuticals, food products, steel, electronics, and consumer goods.
We represent those clients before the courts, Congress, and agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, and numerous other federal and state agencies. While much of our practice involves efforts to shape the development of the law, we counsel and aggressively defend our clients in a wide range of civil and criminal investigations and enforcement proceedings. Our strong record of success in litigation includes two recent victories before the U.S. Supreme Court. Yet, because we are equally at home in other forums, we consider the full range of possible administrative, judicial, and legislative solutions and select those that will be most expeditious, cost-effective, and lasting. Our problem solving is frequently aided by our Public Policy Practice and our close affiliation with C&M International, a preeminent consulting firm that provides international trade, public affairs, and government relations expertise.
We are proud of our commitment to client service and our creative approach to problem solving. We invite you to learn more about our many practice areas, listed to the right.