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Mauricio Acevedo, Carlota Copper Company
Best Law Firms® Client Comment
Working with Lee Decker of Gallagher & Kennedy, I truly appreciate the depth of insight and clarity he brings to complex environmental and regulatory matters. The ability to navigate the intersection of legal requirements, agency expectations, and practical implementation is incredibly valuable—especially in such a nuanced field. It’s always a pleasure working with someone who not only understands the law but also the real-world impacts of its application.
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Missi Currier, New Mexico Oil & Gas Association
Best Law Firms® Client Comment
With our state’s regulatory climate, it is crucial to have competent, transparent, quality support. Gallagher & Kennedy absolutely provides that for our membership.
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Anonymous
Best Law Firms® Client Comment
Chris Leason of Gallagher & Kennedy is an expert addressing and resolving complex RCRA regulatory compliance issues. He not only understands what the regulations say, but has a strong working knowledge of the regulatory intent, histories and EPA interpretations, which are often needed in order to achieve the correct result.
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Dennis Shirley, Synergy Environmental
Best Law Firms® Client Comment
Given the number of highly experienced professionals working in their environmental law and natural resources practice, I consider Gallagher & Kennedy to be the top environmental law firm in Arizona.
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Anonymous
Best Law Firms® Client Comment
Gallagher & Kennedy's expertise in environmental law is exceptional. Their deep understanding of both national and state-specific regulations has been invaluable to us. As leaders in the resource extraction industry, they consistently deliver outstanding results in the complex and challenging field of mining law.
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Todd Weaver, Freeport MacMoRan, Inc.
Best Law Firms® Client Comment
Gallagher & Kennedy (G&K) is the Company’s principal environmental counsel in Arizona and New Mexico, and provides legal support on environmental matters in other states. G&K also provides representation in the areas of toxic tort, discovery, government relations, and general litigation. The lawyers in the environmental practice group are a very valued and long-standing part of our legal team. They have an intimate knowledge of federal and state environmental regulations and a good working relationship with state regulators. They provide a high level of client service and attention, strengthened by a deep understanding of the Company’s business and operations. In the litigation area, there is a deep bench of lawyers and support staff.
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Anonymous
Best Law Firms® Client Comment
Gallagher & Kennedy has been an invaluable partner in navigating complex environmental regulations. Their team is consistently responsive, knowledgeable, and effective in working with permitting agencies on our behalf. Their support has made a real difference in helping us stay compliant and move projects forward efficiently.
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Walter Bradley, Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
Best Law Firms® Client Comment
The staff of Gallagher & Kennedy is and has been excellent. They continue to solicit and maintain great relationships with legislators and government agency heads. They stay right on top of changes in legislative and regulatory issues. Great asset to our operations. Easy to recommend them to others.
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Rita Maguire, Rita P. Maguire, Attorney at Law, PLLC
Best Law Firms® Client Comment
I've always found G&K's lawyers in the Natural Resource section to be very knowledgeable, responsive and easy to work with.
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Ed Thomas, The Fertilizer Institute
Best Law Firms® Client Comment
I work with Chris Leason and he is outstanding!
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Dennis Shirley
Synergy Environmental
… Gallagher & Kennedy [does] outstanding work … and are what I consider to be the best environmental law firm in the Southwest. [They] offer a wide range of experts … from air and water quality to hazardous waste and Superfund program areas at both the state and federal level. Gallagher & Kennedy is in a class by themselves in their ability to advocate on behalf of their clients, having honed extensive, influential, and well regarded relationships with regulators, legislators, trade groups, and key government officials.
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Michael Farmer
Horizon Ag Products
The Santa Fe office of Gallagher & Kennedy has unparalleled knowledge and ability to work issues in New Mexico.
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Michelle Freeark
Arizona Electric Power Cooperative
G&K provides outstanding evaluation of complex water issues in Arizona for industrial customers.
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Steve Trussell, Executive Director
Arizona Rock Products Association & Arizona Mining Association
Tremendous understanding of the law and how to get results.
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William N. Farran
former Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Innophos Holdings, Inc.
Partnering with me to anticipate issues, manage risk, and problem-solve define my relationship with Chris Leason. ... I rely on his environmental expertise to navigate sensitive environmental issues in a cost-effective and proactive manner. Notably, Chris readily brings his deep experience to bear on complex matters to produce practical, actionable solutions we can evaluate and implement.
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T.J. Racica
Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc.
It has been my experience of working with G&K for over two decades, that their attorneys provide a high degree of integrity, expertise and legal insight that helps me to make informed decisions day to day on a wide range of environmental challenges.
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Bill Herz
Executive Director,
National Lime Association
I have worked with Chris Leason and the team at Gallagher & Kennedy for many years. They are responsive, great with trade association meetings, members, and environmental issues, and very well connected.
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Michelle Freeark
Arizona Electric Power Cooperative
G&K brings a wealth of knowledge when representing us as small utility in complex NEPA analyses for linear projects.
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Best Lawyers
Client Comment
Gallagher & Kennedy is very knowledgeable and able to link knowledge to practical advice.
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Chambers USA
Client Comment
Stan Curry is a "very well-respected practitioner."
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Walter Bradley
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
I have used Gallagher & Kennedy law firm for approximately 15 years. I particularly recommend Dal Moellenberg for our environmental issues as he not only knows the laws, he knows the regulations and is acquainted with the staff. He is also efficient in moving our issues forward. I also recommend T.J. Trujillo for legislative issues. T.J. is very familiar with the New Mexico political process and is acquainted with the legislators and their staff. He is a very good strategist.
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Best Lawyers
Client Comment
The Phoenix-based Gallagher & Kennedy environmental team has remarkable depth and expertise across the full environmental spectrum- remediation, reclamation, air, water, waste and contribution/cost recovery. Dave Wallis is an outstanding, client-focused and solution driven environmental lawyer.
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Chambers USA
Client Comment
Dal [Moellenberg] is an excellent regulatory lawyer. ... He really knows the regulatory process and is great at retaining information. He did an excellent job.
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Chambers USA
Client Comment
Chris [Leason] brings perspectives to environmental issues. He has a chemical engineering degree - it is very valuable because the issues are technical.
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Chambers USA
Peer Review
Peers regard Gallagher & Kennedy's environmental team as having "a strong reputation in the community."
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Chambers USA
Client Comment
[Chris Leason] is able to stay focused under pressure and keep the subject on track, and has extremely useful negotiating capability.