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Description of Practice:
Bob Wyatt is a partner in our San Francisco office whose practice has focused on environmental law for over thirty years. The scope of his practice includes environmental compliance counseling under all federal and state environmental statutes; permit acquisition; environmental due diligence and negotiations in mergers and acquisitions, and real property transactions; Brownfields regulatory clearances; federal and state Superfund and hazardous waste cases; and counseling and litigation under California's Proposition 65. Bob's long-term clients include Fortune 500 companies in the industrial, real estate, financial institution, agricultural, mining, pharmaceutical, chemical, electronics, and construction materials sectors, as well as public agencies. He has overseen environmental review in the acquisition of a portfolio of over 2,700 properties, the largest such transaction in California's history. He has been recognized by his peers in the Daily Journal as one of the top three environmental lawyers in California and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for the past 10 years.
In the period of 1979 to 1984, Bob served as Deputy Regional Counsel and Acting Regional Counsel for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, with jurisdiction over California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas. During his tenure, he was responsible for implementing legal provisions of the federal Superfund and hazardous waste programs as well as enforcement actions under the federal Clean Water Act. Bob was also tasked with coordinating the federal environmental statutes and programs with state and local agencies. From 1984 to 1985, he held the position of Special Counsel for Regulatory Affairs and Director of Government Relations for Castle & Cooke.
Bob has lectured widely on the field of environmental law, including presenting before the California Business Law Institute; Soils and Foundation Engineers Association of California; Executive Enterprise Institute, Course on Environmental Regulations; University of San Francisco School of Law; Practising Law Institute; University of California, School of Business; and Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Bob is admitted to practice in all California state courts, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of California, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section; the California State Bar Association; the Bar Association of San Francisco; and the Environmental Law Institute.
Educational History:
Mr. Wyatt received his law degree in 1975 from Boalt Hall, the University of California at Berkeley, and also holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in English and American Literature from the University of Oregon (1969). He was awarded his B.A. from San Francisco State University in 1964, and received his secondary education at The Lawrenceville School. | 