Law Practice
Sep. 29, 2008
Eco Buildings Could Spell Green for Lawyers
“It’s really a big game of catch up for lawyers that haven’t been following the green building trend,” said Donald Simon, an environmental attorney with Wendel, Rosen, Black, & Dean in Oakland. He is pictured in the Alameda County Waste Management Authority’s LEED platinum-certified green office building.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Regulations requiring environmentally friendly building have reached dizzying heights in California. In the past year and a half, the number of cities and counties adopting mandatory green building standards more than doubled.
While there may be legal bumps in the road as more green buildings spring up, the trend is here to stay, lawyers say.
"Green building regulations are going from bein...
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