Earl Phillips has practiced environmental law and worked on related utilities projects for more than 27 years. Since 1987, he has chaired the firm's Environmental and Utilities Practice Group, which, comprising more than 25 professionals (lawyers, environmental and utility analysts, and environmental managers), is one of the largest among private law firms in the northeastern United States.

He is a member of the American College of Environmental Lawyers, chairman of the Environmental Section of the U.S. Law Firm Group, past chairman of the Environmental Section of the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, and a member of the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality and served on the Executive Steering Committee of the Environmental Policies Council of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association for over 15 years. Mr. Phillips has been listed in Chambers USA as one of the best environmental lawyers for the 2009 year. He is also listed for 2009 in Best Lawyers for Boston, Connecticut, and New York City in the area of environmental law, and has been consistently ranked a Top Lawyer in Corporate Counsel magazine. He has also been listed in The International Who's Who of Environment Lawyers 2009 and The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2010 (Environment chapter) by Who's Who Legal.

Mr. Phillips regularly represents foreign and domestic interests in a wide range of matters. His practice includes environmental compliance counseling and risk management, project and utility (energy and water) permitting, environmental defense, siting, crisis management preparation and response, environmental defense and liability allocation, cost recovery, environmental risk allocation in the context of transactions, and brownfield development. He represents a wide range of heavy manufacturing clients and significant pharmaceutical, chemical, petroleum, waste, explosives, and munitions companies, as well as municipalities and utilities. In addition, he is widely published and has lectured to diverse business and legal audiences throughout the United States and abroad. Beyond his practice and his publications, he has taught courses in environmental, water, and land use law at Wesleyan University, the University of Connecticut, and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Mr. Phillips graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A., cum laude, having majored in earth and environmental science, and he earned his J.D. from The Catholic University of America.

EDUCATION

—	J.D., Catholic University of America
—	B.A., cum laude, Wesleyan University, earth/environmental science (geology)

PROFESSIONAL & TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

—	American College of Environmental Lawyers
—	United States Law Firm Group, Chair, Environmental Section