Covington & Burling LLPSenior Counsel

Edwin D Elliott, Jr.

About Edwin D Elliott, Jr.

Edwin D Elliott, Jr. is a lawyer practicing administrative law, appeals, environmental, carbon markets & clean technology and 3 other areas of law. Edwin received a B.A. degree from Yale University in 1970, and has been licensed for 51 years. Edwin practices at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, DC.

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Areas of Law

  • Administrative Law
  • Litigation
  • Other 4
    • Appeals
    • Environmental, Carbon Markets & Clean Technology
    • Environmental
    • Food & Dru

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Senior Counsel
    Firm Name
    Covington & Burling LLP

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1975, District of Columbia
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Bar Fellowship

    · Member, Board of Directors, Environmental Law Institute

    · Member, Board of Directors, Center for Clean Air Policy

    · Member of the advisory boards for the NYU Institute for Policy Integrity (Chair), the Environment Reporter, the Journal of Industrial Ecology, and the Carnegie Mellon University Center for the Study and Improvement of Regulation.

    · National Academy of Sciences Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Former Member

    · Formerly served on the Regulation Committee of the Administrative Conference of the United States, the OTA Committee on Innovative Regulatory Techniques, the Federal Courts Study Committee, the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government and Yale's "Next Generation Project."

    · National Environmental Policy Institute, Former Sector Chair

    · American Bar Association's Administrative Law & SONREEL Committees, Former Vice Chair

    Publications

    · "Rationing Analysis of Job Losses and Gains: An Exercise in Domestic Comparative Law," University of Pennsylvania Press (9/27/2012), Author

    · "The Case for Trimming the EPA," The Atlantic (3/22/2012), Author

    · "Twombly In Context: Why Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(b) Is Unconstitutional," 64 Florida Law Review 895 (2012), Author

    · "Why the U.S. Does Not Have a Renewable Energy Policy," Environmental Law Reporter (7/4/2011), Author

    · "A Primer on the Law of Oil Spills," ALI-ABA Advanced Environmental Law Conference (February 2011), Co-Author

    · "Chemicals," The Reality of Precaution: Comparing Risk Regulation in the United States and Europe (RFF Press) (2011), Co-Author

    · "Lessons From Implementing the 1990 CAA Amendments," 40 Environmental Law Reporter 10592 (June 2010), Author

    · "U.S. Environmental Law in Global Perspective: Five Do's and Five Don'ts from Our Experience," National Taiwan University Law Review 2 (2010), Author

    · "Private Product-Risk Assessment and the Role of Government," Product Liability (American Bar Association) (2010), Co-Author

    · "Are Polymorphisms Like Thin Skulls?," Gradient Trends (Fall 2009), Co-Author

    · "Making Risk Assessment More Useful to Public and Private Decision-Makers in an Era of Paradigm Change," National Academy of Sciences Symposium, Toxicity Pathway-Based Risk Assessment: Preparing For Paradigm Change (5/9/2009)

    · "Adapting Private Business To Climate Change," Law360 (4/9/2009), Author

    · "Only a Poor Workman Blames His Tools: On Uses and Abuses of Benefit-Cost Analysis in Regulatory Decision Making About the Environment," 157 University of Pennsylvania Law Review PENNumbra 178 (2009), Author

    · "Private Product-Risk Assessment and the Role of Government," 23 John Liner Rev. 73 (2009), Co-Author

    · "Get on with it ASAP: Regulating CO2 under the Clean Air Act ASAP," 26 The Environmental Forum 53 (2009), Author

    · "Needed: A Strategy for Implementing the Vision; A Comment on 2007 NAS Report, Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century," 29 Risk Analysis 482 (2009), Author

    · "Administrative "Health Courts" for Medical Injury Claims: The Federal Constitutional Issues," Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (7/16/2008), Co-Author

    · "Portage Strategies for Adapting Environmental Law and Policy During a Logjam Era," 17 New York University Environmental Law Journal 24 (2008), Author

    · "Accounting For Environmental Reserves," Bowne Digest (2007), Co-Author

    · "Regulate Nano Now," 22 The Environmental Forum 43 (July/August 2005), Author

    · "Chevron Matters: How the Chevron Doctrine Re-Defined the Roles of Congress, Courts and Agencies in Environmental Law," 16 Villanova Environmental Law Journal 1 (Spring 2005), Author

    · "NSR: An Industry Lawyer's Perspective on the Ongoing Battle Over Who Speaks for EPA," EM: The Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (January 2004), Author

    · "Strengthening Science's Voice at EPA," 66 Law And Contemporary Problems 45 (Autumn 2003), Author

    · "Integrating Sustainable Development Into U.S. Law and Business," 33 Environmental Law Reporter 10170 (February 2003), Co-Author

    · "The Clear Skies Initiative: Multipollutant Legislation for the Electric Power Generation Industry," EM: The Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (May 2002), Co-Author

    · "Risk Versus Precaution: Environmental Law and Public Health Protection," 32 Environmental Law Reporter 10363 (March 2002), Co-Author

    · "The Genome and The Law: Or Should Increased Genetic Knowledge Change The Law?," 25 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 61 (2001), Author

    · "The Tragi-Comedy of the Commons: Evolutionary Biology, Economics and Environmental Law," Virginia Environmental Law Journal (2001), Author

    · "A Practical Guide to Writing Environmental Disclosures," 25 Environmental Law Reporter 10237 (May 1995), Co-Author

    Presentations and Speeches

    · "Rule 4 and Incentives for Litigation Abuse," 8th Annual Meeting of the American College of Business Court Judges (12/9/2012)

    · "Rule 4 and Incentives for Litigation Abuse," 7th Annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues (11/13/2012)

    · "Economic Incentives and Litigation Abuse," The Civil Justice Reform Group General Counsels Meeting (6/6/2012)

    · "Lessons for TSCA Reform from Europe's Early Experience with REACH," Seminar Hosted by the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the European Union Center (3/2/2012)

    · "Recent Clean Air Act Developments," ALI Advanced Environmental Law Conference (Annually since February 2002)

    · "FTC's Revision of its "Green Guides" (Guides For The Use Of Environmental Marketing Claims 16 C.F.R. Part 260)," Georgetown Law School (11/15/2011)

    Judicial Clerkship

    · Hon. David L. Bazelon, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1975-1976

    · Hon. Gerhard A. Gesell, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1974-1975

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Yale Law School
    Class of 1974
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Yale University
    Class of 1970
    B.A.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1948
    Chicago, Illinois, 1948

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