Hunton & Williams LLP Continues Expansion of Los Angeles Office with Another New Environmental Partner

Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its Los Angeles office with the addition of P. Scott Burton as another new partner in the firm’s environmental practice. He follows Malcolm C. Weiss and Chris M. Amantea, who joined the firm’s environmental practice in Los Angeles just last month.

Burton comes to the firm from Bingham McCutchen LLP, where he was partner. He has broad experience in all aspects of environmental law, including water, waste and air permitting, transactional due diligence, and defense of federal and state enforcement actions. His client base spans a variety of industries, and includes both North American companies as well as those from Europe and Asia. Burton assists clients with the acquisition of multiple manufacturing and distribution assets throughout the United States, and in the development and implementation of environmental management systems. In addition to pre-acquisition due diligence, he routinely counsels clients on issues related to recently acquired industrial facilities, including associated permitting, regulatory compliance, and inherited enforcement proceedings. He also advises clients regarding climate change, carbon emission reduction and renewable energy projects domestically and abroad.

“Hunton & Williams recognizes the growing and complex environmental needs of our clients,” said Ann Marie Mortimer, managing partner of the firm’s LA office. “Scott’s move to the firm, along with the recent arrival of Chris and Malcolm, reinforces our dedication to environmental issues and to making Hunton & Williams a leader for environmental law in California and the Pacific Rim.”

Burton earned his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from UC Irvine and received his law degree from UCLA School of Law. He is admitted to practice in California and is a member of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Environmental Committee and Energy & Natural Resources Committee; National Brownfields Association; LA County Bar Association, Environment Section; California Mining Association/CAL-CIMA; Editorial Board, Environmental Liability, Enforcement & Penalties Reporter, (2006-2007); and The Asia Society.

With more than 80 attorneys on the front lines of emerging environmental issues including climate change, Hunton & Williams’ environmental practice is one of the largest and most prominent in the nation. The firm’s environmental attorneys have been involved in matters arising under every major federal environmental statute and many state environmental statutes. They represent companies and individuals in enforcement matters and other cases before the US Supreme Court and other federal and state courts; in rulemaking and other proceedings before federal and state regulatory agencies, including EPA, Interior, and Energy; and in matters before Congress. The team combines legal and advocacy skills with strategic thinking based on decades of in-depth work on an extensive variety of environmental issues.