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Adam Kusher
Work Department
Global Regulatory
Position
Partner
Career
The practice of environmental law today requires the deep appreciation that Adam Kushner has for the differing perspectives of stakeholders who have a voice on the many high-profile and complex environmental issues.
Widely recognized nationally as having keen insight and deep knowledge of the authority of the government to enforce federal environmental law, Adam is called upon to help navigate difficult and potentially high-profile environmental enforcement, compliance, and governance issues. Adam has more than 35 years of knowledge and experiences, both in and out of government, and brings that to bear as co-leader of the firm’s global Environment and Natural Resources practice Area.
Adam was a federal prosecutor at the Justice Department and the national director of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s air and civil enforcement programs. During the course of his public service, and continuing at Hogan Lovells, Adam has litigated, negotiated, and resolved many matters arising under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Superfund statute, and the Toxic Substances Control Act. Adam works regularly with refinerers, petrochemical manufacturers, power companies, oil and gas producers, and other industrial concerns.
Importantly, Adam is a thought leader on issues of big picture environmental enforcement policy as well as the details of the many programs underlying those policy choices, which he brings to bear in his work with clients.
Languages
English
Education
J.D., Vermont Law School, cum laude, 1984
M.S.L., Vermont Law School, summa cum laude, 1984
B.A., Franklin & Marshall College, 1981
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Environment > Environment: litigation
The environment and natural resources group at Hogan Lovells US LLP is led by Washington DC’s Adam Kusher and Denver’s Scott Reisch and encompasses regulatory authority alumna, including practitioners with experience at the EPA and the US Department of Interior. The firm is well versed in representing clients before the DOJ and EPA and has recently been handling high-profile litigation pertaining to a range of statutes, such as the CWA, Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Kushner, a former federal prosecutor, is a key name for enforcement programs, and is active in the manufacturing and oil and gas industries, while Reisch is recommended for contamination issues, compliance, and environmental support on transactions. Tom Boer sits in San Francisco and is an experienced trial lawyer with considerable knowledge of environmental statutes; DC’s James Banks has notable experience of compliance, investigations, and permitting proceedings and often acts for environmental groups seeking to protect land.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- International Trade > CFIUS
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)