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Chapter 1 — State and Federal Environmental Liability

Chapter 2 — Consultant Privileges and Proving CERCLA Defenses

Chapter 3 — Environmental Considerations in Commercial Real Estate Transactions

Chapter 4 — Illinois Environmental Forums

Chapter 5 — Environmental Considerations in Corporate and Real Estate Transactions

Chapter 6 — Environmental Due Diligence in Commercial Transactions

Chapter 7 — Site Remediation Program

Chapter 8 — Emerging Contaminants and the Safe Drinking Water Act: The Biden Effect

Chapter 9 — Environmental Disclosure Requirements: Accounting, SEC, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act Considerations Associated with Environmental Liability and Sustainability

Chapter 10 — Lender Liability Under Environmental Laws for Real Estate and Corporate Transactions

Authors

William J. Anaya
William J. Anaya
William J. Anaya is an Officer at Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on environmental, administrative, and real estate law. He has written and spoken for organizations including the American and Illinois State Bar Associations and IICLE^®. He was named an Illinois Leading Lawyer in Environmental Law in 2018 and an Illinois Super Lawyer in 2006 – 2009 and 2013 – 2018. He is a former Chair of the IICLE^® Board of Directors. Mr. Anaya received his B.A. from Purdue University and his J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Alexander J. Bandza
Alexander J. Bandza
Alexander J. Bandza is an associate at Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago, where he focuses on environmental and energy law. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section on Energy, Environment, and Resources, the Associates’ Committee, and the Chicago Chapter of the Young Professionals in Energy. Mr. Bandza received his B.A. in economics from Stanford University, where he graduated with interdisciplinary honors in environmental science, technology, and policy, and his J.D. from the University of California Berkeley School of Law, where he was a six-time American Jurisprudence Award and two-time Prosser Prize recipient.
Maureen M. Crough
Maureen M. Crough
Maureen M. Crough is Counsel to Sidley Austin LLP in New York, NY, where she focuses on environmental law. She was recognized in 2005 – 2022 by Chambers USA in New York Environment: Mainly Transactional Law, has been recognized each year since 2010 in The Best Lawyers in America in Environmental Law, and was a speaker at the annual PLI Environmental Program in 2017 – 2022. Ms. Crough received her A.B. magna cum laude from Princeton University and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform.
Kevin G. Desharnais
Kevin G. Desharnais
Kevin G. Desharnais is a Member of Dickinson Wright PLLC in Chicago, where he focuses on environmental law and is the Environmental, Energy & Sustainability Practice Group Chair. He is a former Board Member (2011 – 2018) and former Chair (2012 – 2014) of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section of the Federal Bar Association, a former Member of the Association’s Chicago Chapter Board of Directors (2011 – 2021), and a former National Circuit Vice President for the Seventh Circuit (2015 – 2021). Mr. Desharnais received his B.S. in Natural Resources from Cornell University and his J.D. and Environmental Law Certificate from Pace University School of Law, where he was Articles Editor for the Pace Environmental Law Review.
Kristen L. Gale
Kristen L. Gale
Kristen L. Gale is a Partner at Nijman Franzetti LLP in Chicago, where she focuses on environmental law. She is the Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Environmental Law Committee and a member of the Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois. She was named a Leading Lawyer in 2019. Ms. Gale received her B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology from the University of California at Berkeley and her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Leah M. Garner
Leah M. Garner
Leah M. Garner is an associate at Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago, where she focuses on environmental law. Ms. Garner received her B.A. with honors in Environmental Studies from the University of Chicago and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
E. Lynn Grayson
E. Lynn Grayson
E. Lynn Grayson is a Partner at Nijman Franzetti LLP in Chicago, where she focuses on environmental and natural resources law. She is the Immediate Past President of the Chicago Bar Association. In 2023, she was named one of the 500 Leading U.S. Environmental Lawyers by LawDragon. In 2021, she was named Best Lawyers’ Environmental Lawyer of the Year-Chicago. Ms. Grayson received her J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law.
Matthew G. Lawson
Matthew G. Lawson
Matthew G. Lawson is an associate at Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago, where he focuses on environmental law. Mr. Lawson received his B.A. from the University of Washington and his J.D. from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Claire A. Manning
Claire A. Manning
Claire A. Manning is a Partner with Brown, Hay + Stephens, LLP, in Springfield, where she focuses on environmental law. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Administrative Law, Women and Law, Environmental Law, and Agricultural Law Section Councils. In 2007, she was inducted into the Illinois Academy of Laureates, an honor bestowed on a select group of attorneys who have demonstrated excellence in the profession and in the practice of law. She was named a Leading Lawyer in 2008 – 2019. Ms. Manning received her B.S. from Bradley University and her J.D. from Loyola University School of Law.
Jennifer T. Nijman
Jennifer T. Nijman
Jennifer T. Nijman is a Partner at Nijman Franzetti LLP in Chicago, where she focuses on environmental law. She has arbitrated and mediated cases through the American Arbitration Association and the Center for Conflict Resolution. She currently serves on the Illinois Supreme Court Commission for Access to Justice and was the President of the Chicago Bar Association in 2000 – 2003. She is a member of the Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois and admitted to the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Nijman received her B.A. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Heather M. Palmer
Heather M. Palmer
Heather M. Palmer is a Partner at Sidley Austin LLP in Houston, Texas, where she focuses on energy-related environmental issues. She is a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a Past Chair of the Houston Bar Association’s Environment Law Section, and a member of the United Way of Greater Houston’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society, Women’s Initiative, and Law Initiative steering committee. Ms. Palmer received her B.A. cum laude from Rhodes College and her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School.
Steven M. Siros
Steven M. Siros
Steven M. Siros is a Partner at Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago, where he focuses on environmental law. Mr. Siros received his B.A. from Illinois State University and his J.D. from the Northern Illinois University College of Law.

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William J. Anaya

Alexander J. Bandza

Maureen M. Crough

Kevin G. Desharnais

Kristen L. Gale

Leah M. Garner

E. Lynn Grayson

Matthew G. Lawson

Claire A. Manning

Jennifer T. Nijman

Heather M. Palmer

Steven M. Siros

Environmental Controls UIC Law