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| | Address | 1615 L. Street NW
Suite 1350 | | Washington, District of Columbia 20036 | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Ayres Law Group practices in the following areas of law:
Environmental Litigation; Environmental Policy; Air Pollution; Air Quality Clean Air Act; Environmental Business Law; Environmental Compliance; Environmental Legislative Practice; Environmental Due Diligence; Environmental Regulation; Permitting; Penalties; Hazardous Air Pollutant Standards. | | Year Established: 2001 | Firm Profile:
Richard Ayres is one of the Nation's most knowledgeable and well-respected environmental attorneys. He has shaped the Clean Air Act and its implementation since 1970. Clients have included companies in the automobile, transportation, electric power, oil, natural gas, chemical, high tech, pulps paper, diesel engine and pollution control industries as well as state governments and individual citizens. | | Firm Size: 2 | Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | PRINCIPAL | | Richard E. Ayres (Principal) born Salem, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1971, New York; 1975, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth and Federal Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1964); Yale Law School (J.D., 1969); Yale School of Political Science (M.A., 1969). Founder, Ayres Law Group, January 2001. Partner: Howrey Simon & White (environmental practice), Washington, D.C., 1996-2001; O'Melveny & Myers (environmental practice group), Washington, DC, 1991-1996. Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council, 1970-1991. Public Service: Member of the Board, Vermont Law School; Member of Board, Natural Resources Defense Council; Environmental Advisory Council to the Mayor, Washington, D.C., 2000-2006; Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, 1993-2004; Member: Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Regulatory Decision Making, 1991-1994; Appointed by President Carter to National Commission on Air Quality, 1978. Honors: Recognized for outstanding service to the public interest, Yale Law School Association of Washington, 1998; Honored for role in creating the public interest law movement, Yale Law School Environmental Law Association, 1989; Yale Law School, Peres Prize for Most Outstanding Law Review Article, 1969. Member: District of Columbia Bar. Special Agencies: Involved in many of the major federal rulemakings under the Clean Air Act, including Title VI "SNAP" proceedings; small refiner regulations; Open Market emission trading guidance; reformulated gasoline; hazardous air pollutant standards for oil refineries; Title V permit regulations; revision of EPA NAAQS for ozone "smog and fine particulates," New Source Performance Standards for steam electric power plants, tall smokestacks, Prevention of Significant Deterioration, secondary NAAQS for sulfur oxides, review of proposed implementation plans for all 50 States. Reported Cases: Train v. NRDC, 421 U.S. 60 (1975); Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519 (1977); Honeywell Int'l Inc. v. EPA, 393 F.3d 1315 (D.C. Cir. 2005); Husqvarna, et al., v. EPA, 254 F.3d 195 (D.C. Cir. 2001); Environmental Protection Agency v. Caterpillar, Inc. (settled, consent decree filed in DC D.C. 1999); NRDC v. Thomas, 845 F.2d 1088 (D.C. Cir. 1988); Sierra Club v. EPA, 719 F.2d 436 (D.C. Cir. 1983); Big Rivers Electric Company, et al., v. U.S. EPA, 523 F.2d 16 (6th Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 425 U.S. 934 (1976); suits in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia regarding EPA NAAQS for ozone, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide; Litigation regarding State Implementation Plans in the First, Second, Fifth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits (1972-75). Practice Areas: Environmental Law(15%); Clean Air Act(85%). Email: Richard E. Ayres | | ASSOCIATE | | Jessica L. Biamonte (Associate) born Oceanside, New York, January 28, 1983; admitted to bar, 2007, Virginia. (Not admitted in District of Columbia). Education: Vassar College (B.A., 2004); Vermont Law School (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Air Pollution; Climate Change. Email: Jessica L. Biamonte |
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