Victor Sher
Attorney at Vic Sher Law
San Francisco, California
Vic Sher is Principal and Founder of Vic Sher Law, and is Of Counsel to Sher Leff, LLP (which he co-founded and was chief litigator from 2003 - 2012). Vic has litigated innovative environmental cases for over 35 years and has spent more than a decade practicing with Earthjustice, a nonprofit, public interest environmental law firm, including four years as its president.
During his tenure with Earthjustice, he litigated many landmark cases under the Endangered Species Act and other environmental laws; The American Lawyer called his lawsuits to protect the northern spotted owl, salmon, and other species among the “most important public lands management litigation in this country’s history”; The ABA Journal noted that his lawsuits caused a “dramatic new direction in forest policy” for tens of millions of acres of federal forests, “forcing an end to business as usual”.
He is a writer of many publications related to environmental law, and conducts frequent seminars and workshops in the field. Vic was named a 2011 LawDragon 500 lawyer; in 2011, was a Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist; Northern California Super Lawyer since 2005.
During his tenure with Earthjustice, he litigated many landmark cases under the Endangered Species Act and other environmental laws; The American Lawyer called his lawsuits to protect the northern spotted owl, salmon, and other species among the “most important public lands management litigation in this country’s history”; The ABA Journal noted that his lawsuits caused a “dramatic new direction in forest policy” for tens of millions of acres of federal forests, “forcing an end to business as usual”.
He is a writer of many publications related to environmental law, and conducts frequent seminars and workshops in the field. Vic was named a 2011 LawDragon 500 lawyer; in 2011, was a Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist; Northern California Super Lawyer since 2005.
