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Louis L. McMahon
Background
- Lou has been practicing environmental law for 14 years
- His practice emphasizes traditional areas of environmental legal experience as well as advanced and renewable energy, and the emerging regulation of nanotechnology
Areas of Experience and Focus
- Water law litigation
- Regulatory and legislative matters
- Brownfields redevelopment
- Alternative Energy
- Nanotechnology
Achievements/Honors
- Named by Chambers & Partners as a leading practitioner in Environmental Law in Ohio, 2004-2011
- Nationally recognized in "The Best Lawyers in America" 2012
- Listed as "Superlawyer" 2009-2012 by Law & Politics
- Listed as "Rising Star" in 2005-2006 by Law & Politics
- AV Preeminent 4.5 out of 5 Peer Review Rating from Martindale Hubbell
Professional Involvement
- Lou served two terms as chair of the OSBA Environmental Law committee from 2007 to 2009
- American Bar Association, Section on Environment, Energy and Resources
- Lakewood Lakefront Coalition, Chairman
Publications and Presentations
- "Affordability and The Metropolitan Sewer District of Cincinnati WWIP" NACWA Legal Conference, November 18, 2010
- 2010-Multiple CLE presentations and workshops regarding water law and Clean Water Act compliance
- "Water, Water Everywhere...Does Jurisdiction Follow?" Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association 2010 Environmental Law Symposium, November 12, 2010
- "Offshore Wind Site Control In Ohio" ABA-ACORE Offshore Wind Webinar, October 20, 2010
- "Offshore Wind in Lake Erie" Municipal Clerks Association, May 2010
- Presentation on Regulations, Lakewood Alive, September 2009
- "Environmental Law Issues" Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Summer Workshop, June 2009
- "Great Lakes and Water Rights Update", OSBA Environmental Law Seminar, April 2009
- "Groundwater Rights (and Wrongs) Practitioner's Perspective", 2008 Great Lakes Water Conference, November 2008
- Wetlands Legal Update, October 2008
- Anderson's Ohio Environmental Law Practice Manual • General Editor and Contributing Author, 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 Editions
- "Emerging Risks and Regulation of Nanotechnology", OSBA Environmental Law Seminar, April 2007
- "The Nanotech Revolution and Environmental Law" • Cleveland Bar Journal, October 2006
- "Emerging Issues - Environment", ICSC Real Estate Law Symposium, March 2007
- "The Nanotech Revolution and Environmental Law", Cleveland Bar Association, November 2006
- "Recent Ohio Supreme Court Water Decisions", WMAO Fall Conference, November 2006
- Multiple presentations on "Common Law of Water" and "Introduction to the Clean Water Act," including Ohio EPA - approved contact hour program
- "Developments in Great Lakes and Water Rights Issues", OSBA 20th Annual Environmental Law Seminar, April 2005
- "Common Law of Water in Ohio", Ohio Department of Transportation Statewide Hydraulic Engineering Conference, March 2004
- "Ohio Court Cost Recovery Litigation Underscores Program Weakness" • ABA Environmental Litigation Newsletter , February 2002
- "Regulatory Update: New Nationwide Wetlands Permits" • Cleveland Bar Journal, July/August 2000
- "Not Yet Home on the Range: Ohio Voluntary Action Program Experiences Life as Pioneer" • Cleveland Bar Journal, September 1999
Education
- John Carroll University, BA History magna cum laude, 1985, Outstanding History Scholar
- Kent State University, MA History, 1990
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, JD summa cum laude, 1996
Bar Admissions/Licenses
- State of Ohio
- Northern District of Ohio
- Southern District of Ohio
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
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