Earl Phillips has practiced environmental law and worked on related utilities projects for more than 30 years. He has chaired the firm's Environmental and Utilities Practice Group since 1987. Comprising more than 25 professionals (lawyers, environmental and utility analysts, and environmental managers), the group is one of the largest among private law firms in the northeastern United States.

Mr. Phillips represents foreign and domestic interests in various matters. His practice includes environmental compliance counseling and risk management, transactional counseling, brownfield development, project and utility (energy and water) permitting, crisis management preparation and response, environmental defense, and cost recovery. He represents various heavy manufacturing clients and significant pharmaceutical, chemical, petroleum, waste, explosives, and munitions companies, as well as financial institutions, developers, municipalities, and utilities. He is widely published and has lectured to diverse business and legal audiences throughout the United States and abroad. He has taught courses in environmental, water, and land use law at Wesleyan University, the University of Connecticut, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Mr. Phillips is listed in the top tier of environmental lawyers in Chambers USA - Guide to the Leading Lawyers for Business. Mr. Phillips has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Environmental Law for more than a decade (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC). He has been consistently ranked as a Top Lawyer in Corporate Counsel magazine. Mr. Phillips is also 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 has been named to the New England Super Lawyers® list in the area of Environmental Law since 2007 (Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.).

EDUCATION

—	J.D., Catholic University of America
—	B.A., cum laude, Wesleyan University, Earth/Environmental Science (Geology)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

—	American College of Environmental Lawyers
—	Connecticut Business & Industry Association, Past Member of Executive Steering Committee of Environmental Policies Council
—	Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality
—	National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, Past Chair of Environmental Section
—	United States Law Firm Group, Chair of Environmental Section

HONORS AND AWARDS

—	Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Environmental Law since 1993 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC)
—	Listed in Chambers USA - Guide to the Leading Lawyers for Business, in the state of Connecticut in the area of Environment