Channing Martin is chair of the Environment and Natural Resources Group. He counsels clients on a wide variety of environmental issues and represents them before regulatory agencies and courts on such matters as the Clean Air and Water Acts, CERCLA, RCRA, Brownfields redevelopment and wetlands. Among other industry sectors, Channing regularly represents developers, manufacturers, utilities, petroleum companies and trade associations.
Channing Martin is chair of the Environment and Natural Resources Group. He counsels clients on a wide variety of environmental issues and represents them before regulatory agencies and courts on such matters as the Clean Air and Water Acts, CERCLA, RCRA, Brownfields redevelopment and wetlands. Among other industry sectors, Channing regularly represents developers, manufacturers, utilities, petroleum companies and trade associations.
Channing is listed in The Best Lawyers in America© (2007-present) and was named the Best Lawyers® 2013 Richmond “Environmental Lawyer of the Year." He has been recognized by Chambers USA as a leading environmental attorney in the United States since 2004. Martindale-Hubbell has rated him an AV attorney, its highest rating. In addition, Channing has been named one of Virginia’s “Legal Elite” for environmental law by Virginia Business magazine (2015-present), and he was named to the 2018 class of "Leaders in the Law" by Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
He is a former officer and now a member of the Governing Council of the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (“SEER”). He is a past chair of the Environmental Law Section of the Virginia State Bar and is the founder and a past chair of the Richmond Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section. Among others, he has served on the ASTM Environmental Fiduciary Conduct Task Force, Virginia DEQ’s Air Toxics Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and DEQ’s Voluntary Remediation Program TAC.
Channing is author of "Virginia's Uniform Environmental Covenants Act: A Solution in Search of a Problem," 60 Virginia Lawyer 49 (July 2011); “Voluntary Disclosure of Environmental Violations: Is Mea Culpa a Good Idea or a Bad Move?” 6 ELR News & Analysis 10692 (June 2002); and Regulation of Underground Storage Tanks in Virginia (1993). He is a co-author of Brownfields Law and Practice (LEXIS Publishing 2017) and author of the Virginia chapter of Implementing Institutional Controls at Brownfields and Other Contaminated Sites (ABA Publishing 2012).
He frequently lectures on environmental law. His recent presentations have addressed civil and criminal environmental enforcement, endangered species considerations in commercial development, EPA’s Audit Privilege, Brownfields and environmental crisis management strategies. Other topics have included RMPs, RCRA permitting and corrective action, and Title V permitting strategies. He also has presented national survey courses on environmental law.
Channing is active in community affairs. He is a former chair of the board of United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg and was the campaign chair of the 2004 United Way campaign.
Before joining Williams Mullen, he served as law clerk to Justice A. Christian Compton of the Supreme Court of Virginia. He obtained his law degree and his undergraduate degree from Washington & Lee University.
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01.11.2021
Environmental Notes - January 2021
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01.11.2021
Are Jurisdictional Determinations Valid only for Five Years?
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12.01.2020
61 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite for 2020
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10.27.2020
Environmental Notes - November 2020
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10.26.2020
What’s Next for Environmental Regulation if Biden Wins?
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08.20.2020
116 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©; Most Total Lawyers in Virginia
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07.16.2020
Environmental Notes - July 2020
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07.14.2020
EPA Announces Termination Date for COVID-19 Enforcement Policy
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05.14.2020
Martin Quoted in Bloomberg Law on Delayed Cleanup of Contaminated Harbor
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05.08.2020
Environmental Notes - May 2020
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05.08.2020
Supreme Court Ruling Creates CERCLA Uncertainty
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05.08.2020
Bye, Bye SEPs
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04.28.2020
29 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 11 Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA 2020
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01.13.2020
Environmental Notes - February 2020
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12.04.2019
55 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite for 2019
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10.29.2019
EPA Releases New Guidance on CERCLA Landowner Liability Protections
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10.29.2019
Environmental Notes - November 2019
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08.15.2019
119 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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08.05.2019
Williams Mullen Represents The C.F. Sauer Company in Sale to Private Equity Firm
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06.05.2019
Environmental Notes - June 2019
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06.05.2019
The Biggest Phase I ESA Mistake You Can Make
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04.25.2019
30 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 12 Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA 2019
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04.01.2019
What's All the PFAS About?
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03.29.2019
Environmental Notes - April 2019
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12.19.2018
Environmental Notes - January 2019
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11.30.2018
45 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite for 2018
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10.01.2018
Environmental Notes - October 2018
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10.01.2018
EPA Announces New Compliance Policy
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09.07.2018
Williams Mullen’s Environment & Natural Resources Group to Serve as Virginia Manufacturers Association’s Air Regulation Legal Counsel
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08.29.2018
Channing Martin Named to 2018 Class of Leaders in the Law by Virginia Lawyers Weekly
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08.15.2018
110 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in Latest Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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05.03.2018
29 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 12 Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA 2018 Guide
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05.02.2018
Environmental Notes - May 2018
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05.01.2018
New Appointments Made at Virginia DEQ
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02.13.2018
Environmental Notes - March 2018
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02.13.2018
DOJ/EPA Memos Change Enforcement Policies
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12.01.2017
46 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine's 2017 'Legal Elite'
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11.20.2017
Environmental Notes - November/December 2017
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11.20.2017
EPA Seeks Greater Autonomy for State Environmental Programs
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10.20.2017
Environmental Notes - October 2017
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09.27.2017
Top Ten Hazardous Waste Mistakes
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08.14.2017
114 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2018
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07.05.2017
Environmental Notes - July 2017
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07.05.2017
EPA Administrator Makes Streamlining Superfund a Priority
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05.26.2017
32 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 12 Practice Areas Recognized by Chambers USA for 2017
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05.17.2017
Channing Martin Quoted in Richmond Times-Dispatch Story on Governor McAuliffe's Carbon Directive
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05.16.2017
Environmental Notes - May 2017
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05.16.2017
Bye-Bye Clean Power Plan
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04.03.2017
Trump Seeks to Drown Clean Water Rule and Slash EPA’s Budget
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04.03.2017
Environmental Notes - April 2017
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02.06.2017
Environmental Notes - February 2017
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02.06.2017
Trump Issues Executive Orders; Environmental Groups Prepare to Oppose His Agenda
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12.12.2016
Trump Wins; Pruitt Nominated for EPA Administrator – What’s Next for Environmental Regulation?
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12.07.2016
50 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business magazine’s 2016 ‘Legal Elite’
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11.10.2016
JLARC’S Virginia Water Resources Report Calls for Changes
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11.10.2016
Environmental Notes - November 2016
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08.15.2016
100 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2017 Best Lawyers in America
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08.11.2016
Environmental Notes - August 2016
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08.11.2016
Time to Pay More: EPA Increases Maximum Civil Penalties
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08.11.2016
D.C. Circuit Upholds Boiler MACT
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07.19.2016
Environmental Notes - July 2016
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07.19.2016
Regulated Parties – 2, Regulators – 0
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06.02.2016
26 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 11 Practice Areas Recognized by Chambers USA for 2016
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05.19.2016
Feds Renew Focus on Worker Safety and Individual Accountability
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05.19.2016
Environmental Notes - May 2016
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04.26.2016
Environmental Notes - April 2016
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03.17.2016
Environmental Notes - March 2016
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03.17.2016
Selling Property “As Is” Won’t Protect Seller From Superfund Liability
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02.16.2016
Supreme Court Blocks Clean Power Plan, But Scalia’s Death Changes Outlook on Ultimate Fate
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02.16.2016
Developers Dodge Bullet with Northern Long-Eared Bat
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02.16.2016
Environmental Notes - February 2016
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01.20.2016
Channing Martin Quoted in Richmond Times-Dispatch Article About Effect of Northern Long-Eared Bat on Development Activities
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01.14.2016
Environmental Notes - January 2016
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01.14.2016
How Should You Respond to EPA Information Requests? Very Carefully.
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12.09.2015
50 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business magazine’s 2015 ‘Legal Elite’
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11.16.2015
New Ozone Standard: Better Than it Could Have Been, But Creates Uncertainty for Industry
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11.16.2015
Environmental Notes - November 2015
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11.16.2015
EPA Updates UST Rules
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11.05.2015
Channing Martin Quoted in Richmond Times-Dispatch about Clean Power Plan
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10.26.2015
Environmental Notes - October 2015
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10.26.2015
Clean Water Rule Gets Doused
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09.03.2015
Environmental Notes - September 2015
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08.31.2015
Channing Martin Quoted in Richmond Times-Dispatch about Clean Water Rule
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08.17.2015
106 Williams Mullen Attorneys named 2016 Best Lawyers in America
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08.11.2015
EPA Finalizes Clean Power Plan: Now What?
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08.01.2015
Environmental Notes - August 2015
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07.17.2015
Channing Martin quoted in Richmond Times-Dispatch about dismissed environmental lawsuit
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07.17.2015
Environmental Notes - July 2015
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07.09.2015
EPA Issues Vapor Intrusion Guidance
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07.06.2015
Channing Martin discusses waste laws with the Richmond Times-Dispatch
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06.09.2015
Environmental Notes - June 2015
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06.09.2015
EPA and Corps Define “Waters of The United States”
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06.09.2015
EPA Issues SIP Call to Eliminate SSM Defense
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04.14.2015
Environmental Notes - Spring 2015
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12.05.2014
Williams Mullen Launches Coastal Flooding & Resiliency Team
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08.18.2014
100 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2015 Best Lawyers in America
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06.03.2014
Channing Martin quoted in Richmond Times-Dispatch about proposed carbon emissions regulations
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05.23.2014
Williams Mullen Recognized by Chambers USA for 2014
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04.08.2014
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (February 2014)
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02.21.2014
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (January 2014)
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02.21.2014
Waste Board Amends VRP Regulations: What’s Changed?
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01.08.2014
EPA Issues Final Rule Adopting New ASTM Phase I Standard
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01.08.2014
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (December 2013)
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12.17.2013
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (November 2013)
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12.17.2013
Northeastern States Seek to Force Upwind States to Join the Ozone Transport Region
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11.19.2013
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (October 2013)
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11.19.2013
Proposed Amendments to VSMP Regulations Would Move Goal Posts
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09.20.2013
Williams Mullen Helps Korona S.A. Establish $18 Million U.S. Manufacturing Facility
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09.19.2013
Sound and Fury Signifying...the Status Quo
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09.19.2013
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (August 2013)
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08.08.2013
Can DEQ Waive Its Deadline for VPDES Permit Renewal?
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08.08.2013
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments - July 2013
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07.17.2013
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (May - June 2013)
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07.17.2013
Virginia Stormwater Program Moved to the DEQ
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05.24.2013
Williams Mullen Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA for 2013
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09.27.2012
Nine Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2013 “Lawyers of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America
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09.13.2012
104 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2013 Best Lawyers in America
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06.19.2012
Ninety-Five Virginia Williams Mullen Attorneys Recognized by “Super Lawyers” for 2012
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06.08.2012
Williams Mullen Recognized by Chambers USA for 2012
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09.29.2011
Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2012 Best Lawyers in America
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07.02.2011
Partner Channing Martin Discusses ExxonMobil Verdict in Wall Street Journal
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06.27.2011
47 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named “Virginia Super Lawyers” and 35 Named “Virginia Rising Stars” for 2011
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01.21.2011
EPA Establishes New Rules for Chesapeake Bay Watershed
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08.06.2010
Ninety-Eight Williams Mullen Attorneys Named "Best Lawyers in America" 2011
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06.23.2010
2010 Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Announced
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06.11.2010
Williams Mullen Recognized as a Leader in Business Law in 2010 by Chambers USA
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07.30.2009
Eighty-five Attorneys Named "Best Lawyers in America" 2010
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06.25.2009
2009 Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Announced
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06.12.2009
Williams Mullen Recognized as a Leader in Business Law by Chambers USA
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05.01.2009
EPA’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding: What it Means, Why You Should Care, and What’s to Come
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01.13.2009
WM Environmental Report - January/February 2009
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10.01.2008
WM Environmental Report - October/November 2008
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09.17.2008
Eighty-one Attorneys Named "Best Lawyers in America 2009"
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06.26.2008
Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2008 Announced
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06.18.2008
Chambers USA Recognizes Williams Mullen as a Leader in Business Law
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04.01.2008
WM Environmental Report - April 2008
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11.06.2018
Clean Air Act Reform 2018: The Good, The Gridlock and The Goals
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01.19.2018
New Hazardous Waste Generator Requirements Course
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10.08.2017
2017 IAMC Fall Forum - Talent, Technology and Trade: A Global Manufacturing Outlook
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10.05.2017
New Hazardous Waste Generator Requirements Course
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08.17.2017
New Hazardous Waste Generator Requirements Course
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05.11.2017
New Hazardous Waste Generator Requirements Course
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11.04.2016
2016 Upstate South Carolina Environmental Briefing
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06.01.2016
2016 Environmental Compliance Seminar
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04.21.2016
Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals, Old Dominion Chapter - EHS Workshop
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01.19.2016
Environmental Obstacles and Their Impact on Development
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10.20.2015
The new Clean Water Rule: Godsend or Godzilla?
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06.18.2014
Stormwater Regulation Priorities for the Real Estate Development and Construction Industries
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04.29.2014
Brownfield Redevelopment Discussion
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03.20.2014
Environmental Seminar: The Times They Are a Changin'
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10.03.2013
Environmental Management Summit
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09.29.2009
Petroleum Marketer Compliance 101