Endangered Species Act Update

Paul Skip Spaulding, III

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

• Partner in Farella Braun + Martel LLP’s Environmental Law Department
• More than 30 years of environmental litigation, permitting and counseling experience, including precedent-setting ESA cases
• Represents private companies, universities and government institutions in environmental litigation and counseling, including ESA and other protected species law matters
• Has been lead trial counsel in numerous environmental cases, including federal court litigation in California, Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico and Texas
• Notable engagements include representing a national defense laboratory in RCRA litigation in New Mexico, defending a major California project development in ESA “take” litigation, defending a large Arizona city in environmental litigation matters and representing many private entities in CERCLA, RCRA and state law environmental contamination litigation. He is well known throughout the Western United States for his prosecution and defense of citizen lawsuits brought under federal environmental laws
• Has a robust natural resource permitting and counseling practice. Among other things, he has been lead permitting counsel for a 550 megawatt solar farm, a major studio development and large transmission line and substation projects. He has advised dozens of clients on a challenging array of endangered species issues
• Well-known speaker and writer on environmental law and litigation topics
• Numerous recognitions, including Northern California Super Lawyer for 10 years
• J.D. degree, Georgetown University Law Center; A.B. degree, with honors, University of Michigan