Sheldon A. Zabel
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PRACTICE AREAS
BAR ADMISSIONS
  • Illinois
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Sheldon A. Zabel

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Sheldon A. Zabel has principal responsibility for environmental matters for several major utilities and has participated in significant environmental matters on behalf of operating units of numerous companies and other clients of our firm.

Experience

Mr. Zabel's illustrative experiences include:

  • Lead trial counsel for Dynegy Midwest Generation, Inc. (DMG) in defending a suit brought against it as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Air Act enforcement initiative, alleging DMG violated certain new source review requirements. This is one of the largest air enforcement actions ever brought by the U.S.
  • Principal representation of the Steering Committee at the Rose Chemical Site, Holden, Mo., one of the largest PCB Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) sites in the United States.
  • The Chief Judge of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois appointed him Special Master in a complex environmental case pending in that court.
  • Sole arbitrator in a contract dispute between a major coal company and a major utility and was the "partisan" arbitrator for a utility in two coal contract disputes.

Publications

Mr. Zabel has extensively lectured and written in the environmental area.

He has regularly contributed to Natural Resources & Envrionment (NR&E), and his most recent article in that publication was "Utility Enforcement Initiative: Was It Worth It?" (Summer 2006).

Speeches and Presentations

Mr. Zabel has spoken numerous times to various bar, industry and commercial groups.

"Comparative Controls for Sulphur Dioxide in Four Countries," The Chemical Society, London


Awards and Honors

Illinois Super Lawyers, Environment; Land Use
Leading Lawyer — Environment Law; Mineral and Natural Resource Law; Public Utilities Law: Gas/Water/Electric, Illinois Leading Lawyers Network
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in American Law
Best Lawyers in America, Environmental International
Who's Who of Environmental Lawyers
Leading Lawyer — Environment, Chambers USA — America's Leading Lawyers for Business
Who's Who Legal — International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Environment
Who's Who Legal — Illinois, Environment
AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Education

Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1966)

Princeton University (A.B., Economics, cum laude, 1963)

Clerkships

Honorable Walter V. Schaefer, Illinois Supreme Court (1966-1967)

Teaching Appointments

Guest Lecturer, American Bankers Association National Graduate Trust School
Liability of fiduciaries under environmental laws

Adjunct Professor, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Environmental Law


Professional Memberships

American Bar Association
Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
Section of Environment, Energy and Resources
       Editorial Board Member, Natural Resources and Environment

 
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