Paul Gutermann retired from the partnership at the end of 2016. For more than 35 years, Paul’s national environmental practice involved litigating cutting-edge issues arising under all the major statutes. He also negotiated environmental issues in corporate mergers, divestitures and restructurings and assisted clients in policy development before Congress and executive branch agencies.

Paul served as lead trial counsel defending major enforcement actions brought by federal and state government and national environmental groups in courts from New York to California. He tried cases involving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and local and state regulations governing the management of hazardous waste and cost recovery actions under Superfund regulations.

Paul has been the lead environmental lawyer on transactions totaling in the billions of dollars, representing companies acquiring and divesting assets. He has also advised creditors’ committees in connection with the restructuring of major industrial manufacturing conglomerates.

Paul has represented clients in connection with the development of federal legislation on such issues as the acid rain requirements and efforts to regulate carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act and implementation of the Montréal Protocol. He is a frequent speaker and writer on the range of issues related to domestic and international environmental law.