Stephen Leonard

Court Admissions

• Maine Supreme Judicial Court
• New Hampshire Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Professional Societies and Organizations

• Member, New Hampshire and Maine State Bar Associations' Environmental Law Sections, 1987-2020
• Past Chair, Maine State Bar Association Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section, 2005

Other Environmental Career Experience

• Fellow, American College of Environmental Lawyers
• Board of Regents, American College of Environmental Lawyers
• Listed since 1995 in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Environmental Law
• Recognized by Chambers USA in Band 1 for Environmental Law
• Recognized from 2007 in Super Lawyers of New England for Environmental Law
• Recognized by Who’s Who Legal for Environmental Law

Illustrative Projects

Major Brownfields developments in several Maine locations; Defense of numerous federal and state hazardous waste administrative actions; Defense of simultaneous federal and state hazardous waste criminal complaints; Led adoption of Uniform Environmental Covenants Act in Maine; Toxic tort defense.

Citations of Major Published Cases

No case citations from private practice as I don't litigate; Pierce Atwood LLP has a superb litigation group.