Todd E. Palmer

Admissions

• Illinois
• Wisconsin

Court Admissions

• United States Patent and Trademark Office
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
• United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
• United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Professional Societies and Organizations

• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Member, American Bar Association, Section on Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law
• Appointed Member, Wisconsin DNR Air Management Study Group
• Environmental Law Society
• Air and Waste Management Association

Representative Publications (not including ACOEL Blogs)

• • Co-author of the Second and Third Editions of the Wisconsin Environmental Law Handbook, and The Wisconsin Business Advisor Series: Environmental and Real Estate Law, Volume 2, published by the State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Books.
• • Co-author of the Chapter on Clean Air Act developments for the American Bar Association’s annual Year in Review publication (2010 -2025).

Illustrative Projects

Representation of a coalition of six municipalities that border the City of Milwaukee challenging the allocation of $2.3 billion in capital costs expended by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District in upgrading the sewer system that currently serves southeastern Wisconsin. Also, appointed special counsel to the State of Wisconsin to defend the Wisconsin Department of Administration in environmental citizen suits and permitting matters related to the state's heating plant fleet.

Citations of Major Published Cases

• The successful representation of Wisconsin industry and utility interests in the NOx SIP Call. State of Michigan, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, 213 F.D 663 (D.C. Cir. 2000).
• The successful representation of an industrial coalition challenging the Cross State Air Pollution Rule. EME Homer City generation v. EPA, Case No. 11-1315, et al., (D.C Cir. Aug. 21, 2012)
• The successful defense of multiple legal challenges to local and state approvals issued to a regional warehouse and distribution center in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. One such challenge involved a Clean Water Act citizen suit action. Village of Oconomowoc v. Dayton Hudson Corporation, et al., 24 F.3d 962 (7th Cir. 1994).
• The representation of a petroleum refinery in a multimedia enforcement action stemming from a National Enforcement Investigations Center inspection. The enforcement case was jointly prosecuted by the State of Wisconsin and the Environmental Protection Agency. United States v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc. 143, F. Supp. D 1054 (W.D. Wis. 2001).
• The representation of a manufacturing entity in multi-party cost recovery litigation concerning property contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl's. Raytheon Company v. McGraw-Edison Company, 979 F. Supp. 858 (E.D. Wis. 1997).