Michael Lynn Hardy

Fellow since 2012

Thompson Hine LLP

Retired Partner

(216) 566-5804 (work)

(216) 559-4859 (mobile)

[email protected]

Pepper Pike, Ohio

Region 5 IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI

Environmental Law Topic

Air Climate Energy Environmental Enforcement Land Management & Land Use Superfund Toxic Torts Water Wildlife and Natural Resource Protection

U.S. Army Reserve, Transportation Corps, 1969-1977, honorably discharged as Captain

Degrees

John Carroll University A.B. Magna Cum Laude 1969
University of Michigan J.D. Cum Laude 1972

Admissions

Ohio

Court Admissions

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1977
Northern District of Ohio 1972
Southern District of Ohio 1990

Professional Societies and Organizations

OSBA Environmental Law Committee, Chair two times
Defense Research Institute, Chair, Industrywide Litigation Committee

Other Environmental Career Experience

power line siting litigation, new source review enforcement, waste transport and landfill siting, spent nuclear fuel, toxic tort, asbestos property damage(including jury trial)

Representative Publications (not including ACOEL Blogs)

Two Law Review articles- Cleveland State University and Case Western Law
Editor, Ohio Environmental Law, Banks Baldwin Publishing

Illustrative Projects

Air, water and solid waste licensing and enforcement litigation in power, chemical, and steel industries; class Action cases in asbestos property damage and USEPA registered products; cost recovery defense.