Edward L. Strohbehn Jr. represents clients in:
- complex and novel contaminated site remediation matters;
- climate change/greenhouse gas regulatory actions;
- corporate stock and asset acquisitions;
- environmental enforcement actions by federal and California environmental agencies; and
- federal and state legislative and regulatory electronic waste recycling activities.
He focuses on environmental compliance and enforcement and business planning.
His legal career includes substantial government and public interest sector experience. He co-founded and served as a lawyer with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (1970-1977). He was executive director of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Executive Office of the President, during the Carter Administration (1977-1981). He is a director of the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) (2005 to present) and was a director of Resources for the Future (RFF) (1995-2004), which are Washington, D.C., nonprofit environmental and economic policy think tanks. He is a member of the Leadership Council of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (2001 to present). He was a law clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren (then-retired), United States Supreme Court (1969-1970).
Edward has represented semiconductor, computer, software and medical device manufacturers, real estate developers, financial institutions, metal recyclers, hazardous waste disposal facilities, universities, and federal and state agencies, including cities and ports.
He helped draft the new ASTM E 2600 -10, issued in March 2010. He is a member of the ASTM Vapor Intrusion Task Group.
He lectures at conferences held by the American Bar Association (ABA), Practising Law Institute (PLI), Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), California Environmental Bar Sections, RTM Communications Inc. and Strafford Publications.
- “EPA Adopts National Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules,” Bingham.com (Oct. 13, 2009)
- “EPA Issues Proposed Endangerment Finding for Emissions of CO2,” Bingham.com (April 22, 2009)
- “EPA’s Direct Final Rule Allows Use of ASTM International’s E2247-08 Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for Forestland or Rural Property to Satisfy “All Appropriate Inquiries” Requirement,” Bingham.com (Dec. 24, 2008)
- “Supreme Court Decision Forces EPA to Reconsider Greenhouse Gas Regulation,” The Environmental Counselor, reprint of Bingham Alert (Thomson West, July 2007)
- “EPA Issues Proposed Rule Governing CO2 Sequestration,” Bingham.com (July 30, 2008)
- “California Issues Roadmap for Implementation of State's Groundbreaking Climate Change Legislation,” Bingham.com (July 1, 2008)
- “ASTM Issues New Vapor Intrusion Assessment Standard for Real Estate Transactions,” Bingham.com (May 16, 2008)
- “First-Ever Fees Proposed for Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California,” Bingham.com (Feb. 19, 2008)
- EPA Climate Change Regulatory Actions and Business Transactions and Vapor Intrusion: Identifying Risk with Current Guidance, Environmental Regulation and Commercial Implications 2010, Practising Law Institute, New York, N.Y. (also broadcast as a nationwide webinar) (May 7, 2010)
- Real Estate Transactions and Vapor Intrusion: Identifying Risks with Current Guidance, Vapor Intrusion: Liability and Litigation Under Evolving Standards, Managing Vapor Intrusion Risks in Real Estate Transactions and Defending Claims, Strafford Publications Webinar (May 5, 2010)
- Vapor Intrusion: Key Developments and Current Guidance, Sustainable Property Transactions: Retooling the Business of Contaminated Site Redevelopments, RTM Communications, Philadelphia, Pa. (April 16, 2010)
- SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance for Climate Change Disclosures, Bingham Webinar, (Feb. 19, 2010)
- “Vapor Encroachment Screening Under the Proposed Revisions to ASTM Standard E 2600,” Sustainable Property Transactions: Reconfiguring the Business of Contaminated Site Redevelopments, RTM Communications Conference, San Francisco, Calif. (Oct. 28-30, 2009)
- Proposed September 2009 Revisions to the ASTM E 2600-08 Standard Practice For Vapor Intrusion Screening, ASTM Vapor Intrusion Task Group and E:50:02 Subcommittee, Atlanta, Ga. (Oct. 21, 2009)
- ASTM Vapor Intrusion Assessment Standard: Inappropriate Presumptions, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Los Angeles, Calif. (Oct. 23, 2008)
- ASTM Vapor Intrusion Assessment Standard: Inappropriate Presumptions, 2008 Environmental Law Conference, State Bar of California Environmental Law Section, Yosemite, Calif. (Oct. 17, 2008)
- ASTM Vapor Intrusion Assessment Standard: Inappropriate Presumptions, 2008 Meeting of ASTM E 50.02 Vapor Intrusion Task Group, Miami, Fla. (Oct. 2, 2008)
- The Best Lawyers in America, Leading lawyer in environmental law (2010-2011)
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2005-2006, 2010)
- Super Lawyers, Northern California (2004-2010)
- Who’s Who Legal: California (2007-2010)
- Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Environmental Lawyers (2010)
- Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (2006-2008, 2011)
- Best of the Best USA 2008 Expert Guide
- Articles and book review editor, Yale Law Journal, Yale Law School
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Chair of Strategic Planning Committee, ABA Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources (2000-2002); Council Member (1998-2001; 1976-1979)
- Board of Directors, Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C. (2005-present); Executive Committee (2007-present); Chair, Nominating Committee (2006-present)
- Board of Directors, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C. (1996-2004); Chair, Development Committee (1996-1998)
- Board of Directors, Lawyers Alliance for World Security, Washington, D.C. (1991-1996)
- Leadership Council, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. (2001-present)
- Advisory Committee, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, U.C. Berkley Law School (2007-present)
- Global Council, World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. (1988-2000)
- Chairman’s Council, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, N.Y. (1986-1990)
- Co-founder, Co-chairman, Director, Clifcon Environmental Foundation, San Francisco, Calif. (1984-2005)
- Member, Committee E.50: Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action, ASTM International (2008-present)
- United States Sustainability Advisory Panel, World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. (1994-1996)
- Advisory Committee, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, New Haven, Conn. (1994-1997)
- Member, ASTM Vapor Intrusion Task Group, ASTM International (2008-present)
- Board of Advisers, Journal of Environmental Law and Practice (1994-2000)
- Distinguished Visitor, Forestry and Conservation Program, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. (1985)
- Admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Yale Law School, Bachelor of Laws (1969)
- Yale University, Master of Arts (1966)
- Yale University, Bachelor of Engineering, magna cum laude (1963)
- Yale University, Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude (1962)