Holland & Knight Adds Ex-EPA GC Leopold to DC Environment Team

Matt Leopold joined Holland & Knight as a partner and co-chair of its national environment team in Washington, DC, the firm announced Tuesday.

Leopold served as Senate-confirmed general counsel from 2018 to 2020 for the EPA , where he advised on the development and defense of the most significant regulations proposed by the agency. He represents industry clients in challenges to EPA rules and federal enforcement actions brought under several environmental statutes, the firm said.

He joins from Hunton Andrews Kurth.

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