Douglas H. Green
Doug is lead counsel for the Utility Solid Waste Activities Group (USWAG), an association consisting of approximately 150 energy industry operating companies and trade associations, including the Edison Electric Institute, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, the American Public Power Association, and the American Gas Association. Doug has extensive experience advising the power industry on solid and hazardous waste and chemical compliance, reporting, and enforcement issues.
He also represents individual clients in a variety of commercial sectors, including the chemical, building and forest products, utility, pesticide, and pharmaceutical industries, on compliance, strategic planning, and enforcement defense matters. He has performed comprehensive TSCA and RCRA compliance audits for his clients and regularly works with companies in developing and undertaking compliance self-evaluations. He has represented companies in resolving complex TSCA compliance issues involving, among other things, the manufacture of new chemical substances, the importing of chemical substances into the United States, and addressing TSCA reporting obligations.
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Credentials
Education
- J.D. with honors The George Washington University Law School 1983
- B.A. cum laude Connecticut College 1979
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
Recognition
- Legal 500, Industry Focus - Environment: Regulatory, 2022
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Environmental Law and Litigation: Environmental, 2012 – 2018, 2021 – 2025
- Lawyer of the Year, Environmental Law, Washington, DC, 2014
- National Law Journal, Trailblazer, Energy and Environmental, 2017
- Chambers USA
- Environment (Band 2), Washington, DC, 2013 – 2023
- Environment (Band 3), Washington, DC, 2008 – 2012, 2024
- Who’s Who Legal, Environment, 2011, 2013
- PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, Highly Recommended Individual, Environment, 2008 – 2011
- BTI Consulting Group, Client Service All-Star, 2020
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Peer Review Rated