Farella Braun + Martel Welcomes Environmental And Sustainability Veteran Edward Quevedo
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, 2008 - Farella Braun + Martel LLP welcomes Edward L. Quevedo to its Environmental Law Department as special counsel. Quevedo has 23 years of experience advising clients on domestic and international sustainability planning and program development, and strategic environmental, health and safety (EH&S) compliance and performance counseling, both in a legal and business consulting capacity. Most recently, he was a senior consultant with WSP Environment & Energy.
"Ed's experience in sustainable development, clean technology and strategic environmental management in a broad range of industry sectors adds depth to the full array of environmental law services we offer to clients," said Chris Locke, chair of the firm's Environmental Law Department. "Ed has a strong record of skill, business acumen, leadership and client service in these areas of environmental law, and we enthusiastically welcome him to our practice."
At WSP Environment & Energy, Quevedo focused on assessing and enhancing clients' environmental performance and sustainable development goals through EH&S compliance counseling and international EH&S auditing program development, implementation of environmental management systems (EMS), sustainable development consulting and clean technology, green building and sustainable master planning. Quevedo is also experienced at AB 32 and greenhouse gas compliance consulting and strategic program development.
Quevedo has litigated environmental law cases and advised clients on environmental regulatory matters since 1990. He has handled environmental law matters domestically and internationally, including litigating before the California Supreme Court, the International Board of Arbitrators in The Hague and the European Court of Justice on several matters. He was a partner in the Environmental and Land Use Group at Pillsbury Winthrop in San Francisco and was managing partner in the International Environmental Law Group at Wise & Shepard LLP in Palo Alto.
His clients have included major colleges and universities and firms in the high technology, wine, agricultural, food and beverage, life sciences, biotechnology, automotive and manufacturing industries, as well as, public agencies at the municipal and state levels.
Actively involved in legal, business and environmental professional organizations, Quevedo is chair of the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Environmental Partnership and a member of the Board of Directors of the MultiState Working Group on Environmental Performance. He is past vice-chairman of the American Bar Association Committee on Sustainable Development, Ecosystems and Climate Change (Section of Environmental, Energy and Resources).
He is a frequent instructor on sustainable business practices at a wide array of colleges and universities, and lectures widely on these topics before diverse industry trade associations. Currently, he serves on the faculty of the MBA program in Sustainable Enterprise at the Dominican University of California (San Rafael, CA).
Quevedo received his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law (1984) and his B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles (1979).
Since its founding in 1962, Farella Braun + Martel has achieved a national reputation for the acumen of its business practice, the high profile cases of its complex commercial litigation practice, breadth and depth of experience of its environmental law practice, and its prestigious client base. Based in San Francisco, the firm serves a diverse group of clients from multinational corporations to emerging businesses. The firm also has an office in the Napa Valley focused on the wine industry and related businesses. Farella Braun + Martel is a Green Business. http://www.fbm.com
Contacts:
Melinda Hepp / Traci Stuart
Blattel Communications
415.397.4811
melinda@blattel.com / traci@blattel.com
Cheryl Loof
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
415.954.4433
cloof@fbm.com
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