The environmental team at Winston & Strawn LLP is particularly strong in civil and criminal enforcement proceedings, dealing with natural resource damage claims as well as matters related to the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act. The practice is co-chaired by Washington DC’s Jonathan Brightbill, who defends clients in civil litigation and class actions, along with Eleni Kouimelis, of the Chicago office, whose regularly brings actions to enforce the air, water, toxic statutes in judicial and administrative proceedings.
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Key clients
- American Petroleum Institute
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
- Golden Pass LNG Terminal
Work highlights
- Representing American Petroleum Institute in two case interventions involving the application of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act’s to Custom and Border Protection’s enforcement of the Jones Act for the construction of offshore wind-energy farms.
- Filed an action in federal court asserting violations of the Endangered Species Act and state law against Waccatee Zoo in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
- Representing Golden Pass as respondent intervenor against the Sierra Club in its petition for review before the D.C. Circuit Court against Golden Pass’s application to the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to increase its exports of liquified natural gas from its facility in Sabine Pass, Texas.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jonathan Brightbill, Eleni Kouimelis