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  • Madison, WI
  • Licensed for 39 years
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Practice areas

Administrative lawEnvironmental and natural resources
  1. Environmental and natural resources: 80%

  2. Administrative law: 20%

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222 W. Washington Ave., Ste. 900
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Stafford Rosenbaum, LLP

222 W. Washington Ave., Ste. 900
Madison, WI, 53703

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WIGood Standing198108/18/2020
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Awards
Award nameGrantorDate granted
Leader in the LawWisconsin Law Journal2016
Super LawyerSuperLawyers2015
Best Lawyers in AmericaBest Lawyers in America2015
Lawyer of the Year Litigation - Land Use & Zoning in MadisonBest Lawyers in America2015
Lawyer of the Year Water Law MadisonBest Lawyers in America2015
Super LawyerSuper Lawyers2014
Best Lawyers in AmericaBest Lawyers in America2014
Lawyer of the Year Environmental Law- MadisonBest Lawyers in America2014
Lawyer of the Year Litigation Land Use & Zoning MadisonBest Lawyers in America2013
Super LawyerSuperLawyers2013
Lawyer of the Year Water Law - MadisonBest Lawyers in America2013
Best Lawyers in AmericaBest Lawyers in America2013
Lawyer of the Year Litigation - Environmental - MadisonBest Lawyers in America2012
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for BusinessChambers USA2012
Best Lawyers in AmericaBest Lawyers in America2012
Super LawyerSuper Lawyers2012
Super LawyerSuper Lawyers2011
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for BusinessChambers USA2011
Best Lawyers in AmericaBest Lawyers in America2011
Lawyer of the Year Environmental Law - MadisonBest Lawyers in America2010
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Work Experience
TitleCompany nameDuration
PartnerStafford Rosenbaum, LLP2010 - Present
Associations
Association namePosition nameDuration
Wisconsin DNR Green Tier AdvisorsN/A2008 - Present
State Bar of WisconsinMember1981 - Present
Dane County Bar AssociationMemberN/A
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters: Waters of WisconsinMember2001 - 2002
Dane County Bar AssociationPresident1998 - 1999
Publications
Publication nameTitleDate
Lake Mendota PublishingP. Kent, Wisconsin Water Law in the 21st Century2013
86 Wisconsin Lawyer 30P. Kent and J. Lamb, “Wisconsin’s Wetland Reform Act2013
Wisconsin Water Law 2nd Edition (UW-Extension)Wisconsin Water Law 2nd Edition2001
Education
School nameDegreeGraduated
University of Wisconsin Law School JD - Juris Doctor1981
University of Wisconsin, MadisonMA - MastersN/A
University of Wisconsin, MadisonBA - Bachelor of ArtsN/A
Speaking Engagements
Conference nameTitleDate
GRI Realtor’s InstituteWater Rights, Shoreland Zoning and Wetlands2016
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CONFERENCEMulti-Discharger Variance for Phosphorus Compliance2016
40 Years of Wisconsin Waters: Quantity, Quality, TechnologyEvolution of Wisconsin’s Water Laws2016
Regulating Industrial Sand Mining in WisconsinRegulating Industrial Sand Mining in Wisconsin:2015
NASECA-WI 12TH ANNUAL CONFERENCEWATER LAW AND DRAINAGE2015
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SEMINARContested Case Hearings and Variances2015
117th Annual Conference 2015Stormwater Law Update2015
2014 Environmental Law Update SeminarCurrent Water Issues in Wisconsin2014
2013 Environmental Law Update SeminarWater Update Panel: Wetlands and Stormwater2013
116th Annual Conference 2013Phosphorus Water Quality Standards:2013
Frac Sand Mining: Legal and Environmental IssuesLocal Regulations2012
Legal cases
Case nameOutcome
Lake Beulah Management Dist., v. State Dept. of Natural Resources, 2011 WI 54
Lake Beulah Management District v. Village of East Troy, 2011 WI 55
Appleton Papers Inc., v. George A. Whiting Paper Co., 776 F. Supp 2d 857 (E.D. Wis. 2011)
Town of Stiles v. Stiles/Lena Drainage Dist., 2010 WI App 87, 327 Wis. 2d 491
Hocking v. City of Dodgeville, 2009 WI 70, 318 Wis. 2d 681, 768 N.W. 2d 552
Oneida Tribe of Wis. v. Village of Hobart, WI, 542 F. Supp. 2d 908 (E.D. Wis. 2008)
FAS LLC. v. Town of Bass Lake, 2007 WI 73, 294 Wis. 2d 697, 717 N.W.2d 853

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