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Overview
Deborah J. Schmall is a partner in the Environment and Energy practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's San Francisco office. Ms. Schmall advises and represents petroleum companies, life sciences companies, universities, developers, telecommunications companies, transportation companies, and other entities on a broad range of environmental regulatory, enforcement defense, facility siting and closures, and remediation issues arising under federal environmental laws and their state counterparts, such as CERCLA, RCRA, the Clean Air Act (including the banking, acquisition, and trading of emissions credits), the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act and others. Among her areas of focus is providing strategic counsel to developers and investors regarding significant brownfield projects, including the redevelopment of former federal facilities. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Schmall served as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan and as a Trial Attorney with the Environmental Enforcement Section of the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C.
Accolades and Recognitions
Recognized as one of the leading environmental attorneys in Chambers USA (2004 - present) California, in The Best Lawyers in America (2007 - present), and in International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2007 to present)
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1977
Pomona College, B.A., 1974
Speaking Engagements
Frequent author and lecturer at national conferences
Lectured at Stanford, Harvard, USF, and Hastings law schools, as well as for commercial MCLE providers
Involvement
Member and Secretary, Board of Directors of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
Member and Secretary, Board of Directors of the Center for Creative Land Recycling
Member, DTSC Land Revitalization & Redevelopment Collaborative
Founding member and a former Executive Committee member of the California State Bar's Environmental Law Section
Former member, Advisory Board of Sustainable Conservation