Elliott Laws is a senior counsel in the Washington, DC office and practices in the firm's Public Policy and Environment and Natural Resources Groups. He provides crisis management, strategic counseling and legal and policy advice on environmental and energy policy issues and litigation. Mr. Laws formerly served as President of Safety, Health and Environment for Texaco Inc.

As Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response at the Environmental Protection Agency, he was responsible for regulatory and policy development and implementation for solid and hazardous waste management. This included the Superfund, RCRA, Brownfields and underground storage tank programs. Previously, he was a Justice Department and EPA attorney and a Manhattan Assistant District Attorney. Mr. Laws was a member of the pre-election transition team for the Obama Administration.

Education
St. John's University, B.A., 1977
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1980

Affiliations
Admitted to practice: District of Columbia, New York

Other Affiliations

• Fellow: American College of Environmental Lawyers
• ABA Standing Committee on Environmental Law
• Former Council member: American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources
• Former Secretary/Treasurer and Board member: Environmental Law Institute, Elliott authors the "The Business of Environment," published in the Environmental Forum
• Founding President of the Council of Environmental Professionals, a national association of African-American environmental professionals

Publications
"In the Gulf, BP Faces a Tragedy," The Environmental Forum, Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C., www.eli.org (July/August 2010). Author: Elliott P. Laws.

"EPA Releases Broad Chemical Reform Principles and Seeks Industry Data for Immediate Risk Management Plans," Crowell & Moring Product Risk Management Law Alert (October 2, 2009). Co-Authors: James C. Chen, Monica M. Welt and Elliott P. Laws.