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, 2004-2010
  • Nationally recognized in "The Best Lawyers in America" 2010
  • Listed as “Superlawyer” in 2008 by Law & Politics
  • Listed as “Rising Star” in 2007 by Law & Politics
• 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
  • "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