Dallas, August 24, 2010—Scott Deatherage is joining Patton Boggs LLP, strengthening the firm’s ability to advise clients on a growing array of environmental, climate change and renewable energy issues.
Mr. Deatherage, a well known environmental attorney, joins the firm’s Dallas office as a partner from Thompson & Knight LLP where he led the firm’s climate change and renewable energy practice group.
At Patton Boggs, Mr. Deatherage plans to help corporate clients navigate a host of impending environmental regulations, climate change and greenhouse gas regulation, renewable energy and the carbon trading markets.
“Scott boosts our environmental practice with his keen understanding of ever evolving regulations from Washington and how those rules impact businesses,” said Michelle Suarez, managing partner of the firm’s Dallas office. “We are delighted to have such a talented and experienced environmental attorney join our ranks.”
Selected as the Dallas Environmental Lawyer of the Year this year by The Best Lawyers in America, Mr. Deatherage’s practice includes permitting, compliance, administrative law and judicial litigation on a variety of environmental issues including, air emissions, wastewater discharges, hazardous waste, hazardous substances and toxic substances. He has extensive experience representing clients in federal and state courts as well as before local, state and federal environmental agencies.
Mr. Deatherage writes Law and the Environment and the New Carbon Cycle, blogs that address developments affecting environmental law, climate change regulation, carbon credits and renewable energy.
“This is an exciting opportunity to leverage Patton Boggs’ in-depth knowledge of Washington to assist corporate clients in addressing a host of impending environmental regulations, developing climate change and greenhouse gas regulations, and the opportunities in renewable energy and energy efficiency,” said Mr. Deatherage, who earned his law degree in 1987 from Harvard Law School.
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