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Eric Murdock

Eric Murdock

Work Department

Environmental, Environmental Compliance, Litigation and Defense, Environmental Issues In Business Transactions, Chemicals, Products and Hazardous Materials, Energy Litigation, Energy, National Environmental Policy Act, Natural Resources, Renewable Energy and Clean Power, International Renewable Energy and Clean Power, Superfund (CERCLA), Site Remediation and Natural Resource Damages, Sustainability and Corporate Clean Power, Wind

Position

Partner and head of the firm's Administrative Law Team

Career

Mr. Murdock is head of HuntonAK’s administrative law team, comprising the environmental practice group and the regulated industries and government relations practice group. He is respected for his business-minded approach to environmental compliance and risk management, whether in the context of litigation, business transactions, administrative processes or day-to-day facility operations.

Clients from a wide array of industries, including energy companies, chemical manufacturers, waste management companies, banks and other financial service institutions and developers rely on Mr. Murdock’s pragmatism and problem solving to navigate the complex network of laws at play in the environmental sphere.

Mr. Murdock has 30 years of experience litigating a wide range of environmental matters, including defense of enforcement actions, challenges to environmental permits, contractual disputes regarding environmental indemnities, challenges to administrative rulemakings and actions for recovery and allocation of costs for environmental cleanups. At the same time, a significant portion of Mr. Murdock’s practice involves managing the environmental aspects of complex business transactions and major development projects.

Memberships

Admitted to the Connecticut and District of Columbia State Bars

Education

JD, Duke University School of Law, with honors, Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal, 1985 AB, Princeton University, cum laude, 1982

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