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Benjamin S. Wechsler is an associate specializing in land use and environmental law, as well as litigation. Prior to joining the firm, he served as General Counsel of the Assateague Coastal Trust in Berlin, Maryland, and as a commercial and real estate litigator with the San Francisco and Palo Alto offices of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary. His practice focuses on the management of land and water resources, and including the Maryland Forest Conservation Act, the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Program, and various federal, state, and county programs regulating land use, water quality, and wetlands protection. Mr. Wechsler holds a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from George Washington University. Mr. Wechsler is located in the Annapolis office. He is admitted to practice in Maryland and California. Educational Background Juris Doctor, George Washington University Law School, 1999 Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1995 Bar Memberships California Maryland Court Admissions California Supreme Court Court of Appeals of Maryland Sixth Judicial Circuit of Maryland U.S. District Court of Northern California Professional Background Assateague Coastal Trust, Inc. 2004-2006, Development Director and General Counsel DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, 2000-2004 LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, 1999-2000 Business and Professional Affiliations Director, Assateague Coastal Trust Director, Rackliffe House Trust Professional Lectures and Publications Benjamin Starbuck Wechsler, Note, Rethinking Reinvention: A Case Study of Project XL, 5 ENVTL. Law, 255 (1998) Benjamin Starbuck Wechsler, Project XL and Regulatory Reinvention: A Practitioner's Primer, 6 J. ENVTL. L & Prac. 42 (1999). | 