About the Blog

To better serve clients and the global environmental legal community, Reed Smith is expanding access to environmental legal information and analysis with its blog, The Environmental Law Resource. On our blog, we will regularly report and analyze key environmental legal issues. The blog will also list postings by category and will maintain searchable archives. In addition to being more interactive than emails and mailings, The Environmental Law Resource, by saving paper and reducing waste, will be more eco-friendly.

The Environmental Law Resource, like previous writings, is written and maintained by environmental attorneys throughout the firm. Reed Smith's environmental practice is global not only geographically, but substantively as well. We regularly counsel clients in every substantive area of environmental law, including air, water, climate change, solid waste, hazardous waste, infectious waste, transactions, chemicals management, land use, right-to-know laws, and the handling, transportation, regulation, and cleanup of hazardous substances, wetlands and real estate transactions.

We will continue to be your resource for Environmental Law, and we look forward to hearing from you.
 

This blog is edited and maintained by Editor-in-Chief Lou Naugle and Managing Editor Dave Wagner.

 

Louis A. Naugle

Lou is located in Pittsburgh and is the Practice Group Leader of the firm's Environmental Group. Lou has been active in the practice of environmental law since 1975. His practice includes both litigation and environmental counseling and due diligence, including brownfields development. He has extensive litigation experience in permitting and compliance/enforcement proceedings and has represented clients in civil enforcement and criminal investigation proceedings in New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Practice Areas

  • Brownfields
  • Clean Air Act
  • Climate Change
  • Environmental Toxic Torts
  • Nanotechnology

Professional Associations

  • Allegheny County Air Pollution Advisory Committee – Vice-Chair
  • Allegheny County Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for natural resources and environmental law
  • Recognized in Chambers USA as one of America's leading environmental lawyers (2004-present)
  • Listed as Pennsylvania Superlawyers for environmental law

Education

  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center (1975)
  • B.A., Williams College (1972)

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • Pennsylvania

David W. Wagner

Dave’s practice focuses on environmental matters, including regulatory and compliance counseling, litigation, and support of corporate and real estate transactions. Dave also advises clients on matters of international environmental law and policy.

Practice Areas

  • Brownfields
  • Clean Air Act
  • Climate Change
  • Environmental Toxic Torts
  • Nanotechnology

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • District of Columbia Bar Association
  • Maryland Bar Association

Education

  • M.A. (Environmental and Natural Resource Policy), George Washington University (1995)
  • J.D., American University, Washington College of Law (1975)
  • B.S., Pennsylvania State University (1987)

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland
  • Pennsylvania