Environmental regulations and dramatic changes in energy and resource development have the potential to impact every business. This reality, coupled with intensifying focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues, create potential risks and opportunities. When the world’s leading companies need help navigating this space, they turn to Warner for trusted and strategic environmental counsel that will allow them to comply and thrive. From manufacturing to mining and natural resource development, Warner leverages its expertise and experience to deliver best-in-class legal representation to its clients.
Confidently Carving New Paths for Our Clients
Blazing trails in business can often seem like crashing through too much tangled brush. It can be easier to wait and go second, to let someone else clear the path. We see this as a lost opportunity. Our clients don’t settle for second place, and they don’t have that sit-around-time to waste. So, we regularly tackle and master “first impression” matters in this space – from unusually complex permitting challenges and new regulatory programs to novel chemical cleanups or the completion of projects like the first new primary nickel mine in the United States. We’re comfortable going first. The others can follow.
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Strengths Snapshot
- Permitting, compliance and enforcement for air, waste or water
- Brownfield management, cleanup and remediation
- Project development/economic incentives
- Advocacy and lobbying
- Due diligence and self-auditing
- Mining and natural resource development
- Regulation of “new” chemicals
- Energy development, including solar, water and wind
- Land use and zoning
- The New Inflation Reduction Act ExplainedLegacy Matters
- Join the Conversation: Environmental Planning Opportunities and Pitfalls for the Auto IndustryAhead of the Curve Auto Supplier
- Air & Waste Management Association Fall Joint Conference
- Black Women in Michigan Politics Annual Luncheon
- PM2.5 – What’s New for SE Michigan?
- MMA Update: Supreme Court Paid Leave Decision & the Impact on Manufacturers
- Federal Bar Association’s 36th Annual Bankruptcy Section Seminar
- Real Estate Never Sleeps – Dissecting Issues That Keep You Up at Night
- The Right Place Developers Day 2024
- Michigan Economic Developers Association ‘In Your Place’ Spring Conference
- Air & Waste Management Association – West Michigan Chapter Spring Conference
- 2024 Clearing the Air Conference
- Air & Waste Management Association – West Michigan Chapter Spring Conference
- Michigan Municipal League’s Cap Con 2024
- Innovate Marquette and Northern Michigan University to Host Innovation Week
- Environmental Compliance: Regulation, Investigation, Enforcement and Litigation Annual Conference
- 2023 Annual Air Conference
- Air & Waste Management Association + West Michigan Chapter: 27th Annual Spring Conference
- MAA 2023 Annual Conference
- MAA 2022 Winter Conference
- State Bar of Michigan Environmental Law Section: 2022 Fall Joint Environmental Conference
- Warner In-Person Event on June 15: Real Estate and Environment Issues in the Cannabis Industry
- Cannabis Law Seminar – Industry Insights and Trends From the Legal Perspective
- Webinar: How Much Does Your Business Rely on Federal Policy?
- Manufacturing + Mobility in 2019 and Beyond: An Automotive, Environmental, Incentive and Political Update
- Managing Compliance Risks in the Automotive Industry
- State Bar of Michigan (SBM) Real Property Law Section 2016 Summer Conference & Annual Meeting
- Climate Change: Local Solutions to Global Problems
- Warner Partner Ashley G. Chrysler Honored as 40 Under 40 Business Leader by Crain’s Grand Rapids Business
- Daniel P. Ettinger Elected as Trustee-at-Large to The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law
- Experienced Attorney, Lobbyist and Business Leader Ronald R. Stallworth Joins Warner
- Warner Welcomes Experienced Litigator John MacKenzie as Partner
- Warner Partner Ashley Chrysler Honored by Michigan Lawyers Weekly
- Warner Partner John Byl Honored by Inclusion in Michigan Lawyers Weekly 2024 Hall of Fame
- Warner Partner Robert A. Dubault Named One of ‘Leaders in the Law’ by Michigan Lawyers Weekly
- 22 Warner Attorneys Rated 2024 Top Lawyer by DBusiness
- Warner Selected Top-Tier Law Firm by Best Lawyers®
- Kurt Kissling Appointed to Forgotten Harvest Board of Directors
- Warner Represented Star Truck Rentals in Its Sale to Penske Truck Leasing
- Warner Partner Ashley Chrysler Selected for Leadership Grand Rapids 2024
- Kurt Kissling Interviewed about Environmental Justice Implementation in Recycling Today
- Kurt Kissling Talks Environmental Justice with Recycling Today
- Charles N. Ash Appointed to Michigan Colleges Alliance Board of Trustees
- Two Warner Partners Named to Crain’s 2023 Notable West Michigan Lawyers
- Warner Welcomes Paul Engel
- Michigan Supreme Court Rules that ELCRA Includes Protection Against Discrimination Due to Sexual Orientation
- Troy M. Cumings Joins Board of Hispanic Center of West Michigan
- 21 Warner Attorneys Rated 2022 Top Lawyer by DBusiness
- Warner Ranked Top-Tier Law Firm by Best Lawyers®, U.S. News & World Report
- Warner Executive Partner Troy M. Cumings Among Michigan Leaders in the Law
- Warner Welcomes Three New Attorneys
- 105 Warner Attorneys Rated Best Lawyers in America©
- 12 Warner Attorneys Named Lawyers of the Year
- Warner Partner John V. Byl Elected as Fellow to American College of Environmental Lawyers
- Warner Represented Kendall Electric, Inc. In Its Acquisition of Rumsey Electric Company
- Mike Stone Discusses Return to Warner with Law360
- WJR’s Paul W. Smith Talks with Retired Maj. Gen. Michael A. Stone
- Retired Maj. Gen. Michael A. Stone Returns to Warner
- Warner Partner Appointed Chair of Michigan Chamber of Commerce Energy + Environment Committee
- 35 Warner Attorneys Rated 2021 Top Lawyers by Grand Rapids Magazine
- 21 Warner Attorneys Rated 2021 Top Lawyer by DBusiness
- Warner Ranked Top-Tier Law Firm by Best Lawyers, U.S. News & World Report
- 102 Warner Attorneys Rated 2021 Best Lawyers in America
- Eighteen Warner Attorneys Named Lawyers of the Year
- Warner Names Six Attorneys as Partners
- Warner Ranked Top-Tier Law Firm by Best Lawyers, U.S. News & World Report 2020
- Fifteen Warner Partners Named Lawyers of the Year
- IJGlobal Names Gordie Howe International Bridge 2018 Deal of the Year
- Gordie Howe International Bridge Named Canadian Deal of the Year by Lexpert® in its Top 10 Deals of 2018
- Gordie Howe International Bridge Named PFI’s 2018 Transport Deal of the Year
- Experienced Environmental Attorney Kurt Kissling Joins Warner
- Paul D. Bratt Returns to Warner after Judicial Clerkship
- Kurt Brauer Elected President of Michigan Wetlands Association
- 17 Warner Attorneys Rated 2019 Top Lawyer by DBusiness
- Warner Ranked Top-Tier Law Firm by Best Lawyers, U.S. News & World Report
- Warner Serves as U.S. Counsel to Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority on Historic Agreement for Gordie Howe International Bridge
- OESA and Warner to Present “Managing Compliance Risks in the Automotive Industry”
- One Hundred Warner Attorneys Rated Best Lawyers in America
- Eleven Warner Partners Named Lawyers of the Year
- Warner Partners Named to New Leadership Roles
- Warner Ranked Top-Tier Law Firm by Best Lawyers, U.S. News & World Report
- Warner Represented CMS Enterprises in Purchase of Solar Power Plant in Lansing, Michigan
- Fourteen Warner Partners Named Lawyers of the Year in 2018
- Warner Partner Elected Chair of IBA’s Section of Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law
- Warner Names Five Attorneys as Partners
- Warner Partners Present at Environmental Law Conference
- Fifteen Warner Attorneys Rated 2017 Top Lawyers by DBusiness
- Three Warner Partners Elected to Michigan State Bar Leadership Positions
- Warner Rated Tops in Two Industries in BTI Power Rankings
- Warner advises Consumers Energy Company in its $155 Million Power Plant Acquisition
- Nine Warner Partners Named Lawyers of the Year
- Warner Files Motion to Intervene in Lawsuit Against EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Behalf of Michigan Farm Bureau
- Ten Warner Attorneys Rated 2016 Top Lawyers by DBusiness
- Changes to federal water law have Michigan impact
- Steven C. Kohl Elected to American College of Environmental Lawyers
- Three Warner Partners Recognized In The International Who’s Who of Environment Lawyers
- Warner partner Steven Kohl quoted in Bloomberg article on air emission regulations
- Warner Names Practice and Industry Group Chairs
- Navigating the Tariff Terrain: Current Landscape and Future Outlook
- Chevron Doctrine is Dead: 40 Years of Agency Deference Overturned
- Carbon Sequestration: What is it and How Will it Affect Me?
- EPA Releases National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Six PFAS
- EPA Proposes Two New Rules Regulating PFAS
- New Laws Streamline Permitting for Michigan Renewable Energy Projects
- Federal Updates to PFAS Enforcement, Reporting and Regulation
- Michigan Court of Appeals Finds PFAS Standards Invalid
- The Dangers of Recycling Vehicle Batteries
- New Brownfield Redevelopment Law Amendments in Michigan
- Supreme Court Reaches Decision on Sackett v. EPA Wetlands Case
- The New Inflation Reduction Act Explained
- Michigan Supreme Court Rules that ELCRA Includes Protection Against Discrimination Due to Sexual Orientation
- EPA Grants Michigan Authority to Regulate Class II Underground Injection Wells
- Join the Conversation: Environmental Planning Opportunities and Pitfalls for the Auto Industry
- Warner OESA Legal Corner Article: If You Aren’t at the Table, You May Appear on the Menu: Opportunities and Pitfalls for Emerging Environmental Programs
- President Trump Issues Executive Order Curtailing National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act Reviews
- Warner Helps You Navigate “Business As Anything But Usual”
- What Does the New Final Rule Redefining the Waters of the United States Mean for Michigan?
- EGLE (Sort of) Follows U.S. EPA’s Lead by Excusing Some Environmental Obligations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- CEQ’s Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA
- EPA Policy Change in Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards
- New Standards for Indoor Air Pollution
- Supreme Court: Federal Wetland Jurisdictional Determinations Can Be Appealed
- Game Changer? Or Just a Clarification? New Regulatory Definition of “Waters of the United States”
- Michigan Unique in Clean Water Rule Debate Due to 1984 Wetland Program
- Proposed Regulation and Ban on Flushing of Pharmaceutical Waste Watched Closely by Healthcare Industry
- President Obama Indicates He Will Forge Ahead on Greenhouse Gas Regulations