Boutique firm Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. remains a dominant force within the environmental sector, offering domestic and multinational clients alike nationwide expertise across contamination, ESG, circular economy, plastic waste, sustainability and environmental justice issues. Leadership of the practice is shared between Washington DC-based Paul Hagen, who is known by clients for his work on global supply chain issues and product stewardship, and former EPA regional counsel Allyn Stern, who with deep industry experience, is well equipped to handle a wide range of environmental regulation, compliance and enforcement mandates from Seattle. In Washington DC, James Slaughter and John Cruden deal with environmental law and natural resources regulation and compliance. Austin-based Karen Hansen co-leads the firm’s water practice and is widely experienced handling Texas water law, including regulation, permitting and compliance issues.
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Key clients
- BASF Corporation
- BNSF Railway Company
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
- Clarios
- Delta Air Lines
- General Electric
- Shell USA
- United Airlines
- Walmart
- Westlake Corporation
Work highlights
- Serving as lead regulatory counsel for the Mountain Valley Pipeline project on Endangered Species Act and other federal environmental issues issues.
- Serving as outside counsel to United Airlines with respect to its compliance with federal and state environmental issues nationwide.
- Serving as project counsel to Chevron Phillips Chemical Company on a variety of environmental and related permitting matters in its construction of an $8.5 billion integrated polymers facility in Orange, Texas, as a joint venture with QatarEnergy.
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Paul Hagen, Allyn Stern