Sedgwick has taken a significant, strategic step to expand its national natural resources practice. Nationally recognized natural resources attorneys Steven P. Quarles and David P. Ross have joined Sedgwick LLP as partners in our Washington, D.C. office. Their additions are the most recent in a series of expansions that have seen Sedgwick’s Land Use and Natural Resources Practice Group more than double in size in the past three years. Quarles is considered one of the deans of federal natural resources law and serves clients all over the country. He also is a leader on related federal policy matters and is frequently in contact with executive and legislative branch leaders on those issues.
The experience of these two partners, particularly in regard to the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act and other federal regulatory programs, complements Sedgwick’s existing natural resource capabilities; bolsters the firm’s environmental regulatory and litigation practices; and enhances the breadth of matters the group handles. Existing clients will benefit from the collective capabilities of the attorneys in this national practice.
Quarles focuses his practice on issues concerning federal wildlife laws. He represents a wide range of renewable and other energy, forest products, mining, agricultural and land development associations and companies; policy coalitions; state and local governments; and land conservation trusts. He also has a broad administrative practice that includes securing policy constructions and changes from federal agencies in Washington, D.C. and advising on, and preparing the documentation for, the permitting of projects throughout the country. Quarles received his J.D. from Yale Law School (1968) and A.B. from Princeton University (1964) and has served as Deputy Under Secretary of the Department of the Interior and counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Read Quarles’s full bio here.
Ross specializes in regulatory counseling, enforcement defense, and litigation of environmental and natural resources matters, with an emphasis on the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, federal wildlife law, renewable and other energy projects, federal land use issues, water quality policy and litigation, and storm water regulation and control. He obtained a Master of Studies in environmental law, summa cum laude, and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Vermont Law School (2001). Ross earned a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (1994). Read Ross’s full bio here.
