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  Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

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Main Office Address
333 Bridge Street, NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
Phone:  616-336-6000
Fax: 616-336-7000
Email: generalinfo@varnumlaw.com
Website: http://www.varnumlaw.com

Other Offices:
Kalamazoo, Grand Haven, Lansing, Muskegon and Novi



Since the early 1970s, Varnum environmental attorneys have assisted regional, national and international clients with environmental planning and problem-solving.  The company focuses on client regulatory compliance counseling, permitting, and problem avoidance by emphasizing early planning, preventative action, and adaptation to ever-changing regulations and technologies.  When necessary, Varnum's environmental litigation attorneys can and do vigorously represent clients in administrative and judicial proceedings.

Varnum works closely with environmental managers for public and private clients to help plan, manage and troubleshoot the legal risks involved in their operations and provide advice and assistance when problems arise.

Varnum provides seminars, roundtable discussions and client advisories for client environmental managers and consultant colleagues, as well as professional trade associations. These meetings and advisories provide timely and useful information, including upcoming compliance deadlines, explanations of new and changing regulations, and discussions of legal trends and precedents.

Established in 1888, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP is a leading Michigan law firm.  With more than 150 attorneys in five offices, the firm is made up of a broad range of practice areas that work together to meet the complex and growing needs of its clients. 

To connect to Varnum's on-line environmental law department click here.

      FTC&H - Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber

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      Headquarters:
1515 Arboretum Drive, SE
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
Phone: 616.575.3824
Fax: 616.464.3993
Email: info@ftch.com
Website:
http://www.ftch.com/
Other Offices:
Kalamazoo, Lansing and Farmington Hills

Established over forty-five years ago, Fishbeck Thompson Carr & Huber (FTC&H) has over 260 people who provide a full range of civil engineering, environmental, architectural/engineering, and related services to both public and private clients.

FTC&H operations are guided by a defined set of core values and a core purpose -- the Vision In Action. With this clear sense of direction and our commitment to employee ownership, we have drawn together an extraordinary staff. All are truly aligned with providing exceptional client service, along with innovation and excellence. We take personal responsibility for helping each other succeed--this includes our clients, FTC&H colleagues, and others during the course of our work.

FTC&H provides a full range of environmental management services, including remediation, environmental assessments, brownfield development, environmental program assistance, industrial waste treatment, water and wastewater engineering, wetlands and comprehensive air quality management.

FTC&H's primary focus is to develop business processes that improve environmental performance and reduce costs; develop innovative and cost-effective environmental solutions; and provide a comprehensive understanding of regulations.

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      Dragun Corporation

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      Headquarters:
30445 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 260
Farmington Hills, MI  48334
Telephone: 248-932-0228
Facsimile: 248-932-0618
Email: ahahn@dragun.com
Website: http://www.dragun.com
 
The Dragun Corporation was founded by Dr. James Dragun in 1988.  Dr. Dragun is an internationally recognized authority on the fate of chemicals in soil and groundwater systems.  He has written several books on soil chemistry including, The Soil Chemistry of Hazardous Materials, Second Edition, which was released in 1998.  
 
Dr. Dragun's books and research are being used by companies and governments throughout the world.  For example, in 1996 Dr. Dragun traveled to Kuwait to lend his expertise in assessing the ecological disaster in the aftermath of the Gulf War. 
 
The Dragun Corporation has made it a priority to find and keep those associates that are among the most respected in their disciplines.  In fact, the associates at The Dragun Corporation have been asked to assist clients on environmental issues in more than 40 states and several provinces of Canada, and their research work has been disseminated in more than 45 countries.

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      Honigman - Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

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      Headquarters:
2290 First National Building
660 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226-3506

Phone:  313-465-7000
Fax: 
313-465-8000
Email:
Website: http://www.honigman.com
 
The Environmental Law Department of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP® consists of nine lawyers and one legal assistant.  Five lawyers from the firm’s Litigation Department also assist the Environmental Law Department on environmental litigation matters.  The Environmental Law Department was one of the first established in a Michigan law firm and is one of the largest in the state.
 
A number of Department attorneys have served on councils of the State Bar of Michigan’s Real Property and Environmental Law Sections.  Department attorneys have also served as chairperson of the State Bar of Michigan’s Environmental Law Section.
 
Many of the Department’s lawyers have received undergraduate and graduate degrees in technical areas related to environmental regulation, such as economics, environmental sciences, and engineering.  Several members of  the Department have also served in federal and state agencies that administer and enforce environmental laws.  One member of the Department served for 12 years as an enforcement attorney with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in Washington, D.C., and was involved in such landmark environmental enforcement cases as the “Love Canal” and “Times Beach” litigation.  Another attorney in the Department was a legislative liaison with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

The Department’s attorneys regularly lecture on environmental law issues before a wide variety of business and professional organizations, and have published numerous papers and articles on various facets of environmental law.  The Department publishes a newsletter on environmental issues, Honigman's Environmental Law Focus, a quarterly publication on environmental law developments affecting Michigan.  The Department also authored the Michigan Environmental Law Handbook, a guide to Michigan’s environmental laws.  Department attorneys have also contributed to the Michigan Environmental Law Deskbook and the Michigan Environmental Statutes and Regulations book published by the State Bar of Michigan.

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      WIMS - Waste Information & Management Services, Inc.

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      Headquarters:
767 Kornoelje Dr. NE
Comstock Park, Michigan 49321
Phone: 616-647-2186
Email: info@ecobizport.com
Website: http://www.ecobizport.com
 
Established in 1980, Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS) is an environmental information and research firm that has been providing strategic information to the environmental business community since 1980.  Over the years WIMS has provided a variety of environmental information services to many individual subscribers including attorneys, consultants, EH&S managers, TSD operators, local government officials and the 600 members of the Michigan Bar Association, Environmental Law Section.  
 
Jeffrey L. Dauphin is the founder of Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS) and its former affiliate organization Waste Systems Institute of Michigan, Inc. (WSI) and has served as CEO of both companies.  Mr. Dauphin has a Civil Engineering degree from Michigan Technological University and was previously employed with Williams & Works consulting engineers and the West Michigan Environmental Action Council (1969-1979).  WIMS and WSI have produced Michigan's leading environmental information newsletter -- Michigan Waste Report -- since 1981.  Other services and products have included numerous environmental and waste management informational materials, conferences and educational seminars.  WIMS also operates the EcoBizPort.com website and produces three daily environmental information E-mail services: A comprehensive Michigan (WIMS Daily) & National news (eNewsUSA) & information services; and a Federal Register tracking service (REGTrak).  WSI was the 1987 recipient of the Governor's Environmental Excellence Award for Hazardous Waste Management Information (click here for Mr. Dauphin's resume). 
For further information on WIMS environmental information and news services (click here).

Publishers of Michigan Waste Report, REGTrak, WIMS Daily & eNewsUSA