Robert Graham
ロバート・L・グラハム弁護士は、環境、健康、安全、天然資源、エネルギー案件において、全国的に第一人者として知られている弁護士です。これらの問題に関する書籍も執筆しており、全国のロースクールの多くで広く利用されている環境法の教科書を共著で執筆したこともあります。また、契約及びビジネス不法行為紛争、RICO及び詐欺訴訟、証券訴訟、市民権案件、クラスアクション訴訟において、豊富な経験を有しています。連邦裁判所、州裁判所、全国の政府における、裁判、規制案件、取引案件においてもクライアントを代理しており、連邦最高裁判所や州及び連邦控訴裁判所における上訴案件も取り扱っています。
業務分野
- 控訴・上告審
- 商事訴訟
- エネルギー
- Environmental and Workplace Health and Safety
- Transitions in Energy and Climate Solutions
代表的な案件
- Served as lead environmental counsel for the Milwaukee Road Railroad concerning a Superfund industrial site located in Wisconsin.
- Served as lead environmental counsel in the bankruptcy and reorganization of General Motors Corp.
- Served as lead environmental counsel in environmental insurance litigation brought by People’s Energy.
- Represented a group of Illinois farmers opposing the licensing and location of a neighboring industrial facility anticipated to cause significant air and water pollution.
- Represented a class of Hispanic residents in federal court who suffered housing discrimination and the denial of their civil rights in Addison, Illinois arising from governmental restrictions imposed by the Village upon their rights to access public housing.
- Represented a major manufacturer in the federal courts, including the US Supreme Court, concerning the US Postal Service’s attempt to ban the mailing of advertising promoting contraceptive products.
- Represented the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church in the Illinois courts and the US Supreme Court concerning its First Amendment right to defrock a church bishop.
- Represented numerous defendants in federal and state criminal trials on charges involving criminal fraud, murder, robbery, and other alleged crimes;
- Served as lead trial and appellate counsel for computer software companies protecting their proprietary rights and trade secrets in the federal courts.
- Represented the Trustee in bankruptcy in federal court in obtaining a judgment of $272 million against corporate officers who breached their contractual obligations in their efforts to construct a casino in Schaumburg, Illinois.
資格・経歴等
受賞・弁護士会
概要
ロバート・L・グラハム弁護士は、環境、健康、安全、天然資源、エネルギー案件において、全国的に第一人者として知られている弁護士です。これらの問題に関する書籍も執筆しており、全国のロースクールの多くで広く利用されている環境法の教科書を共著で執筆したこともあります。また、契約及びビジネス不法行為紛争、RICO及び詐欺訴訟、証券訴訟、市民権案件、クラスアクション訴訟において、豊富な経験を有しています。連邦裁判所、州裁判所、全国の政府における、裁判、規制案件、取引案件においてもクライアントを代理しており、連邦最高裁判所や州及び連邦控訴裁判所における上訴案件も取り扱っています。
業務分野
- 控訴・上告審
- 商事訴訟
- エネルギー
- Environmental and Workplace Health and Safety
- Transitions in Energy and Climate Solutions
代表的な案件
- Served as lead environmental counsel for the Milwaukee Road Railroad concerning a Superfund industrial site located in Wisconsin.
- Served as lead environmental counsel in the bankruptcy and reorganization of General Motors Corp.
- Served as lead environmental counsel in environmental insurance litigation brought by People’s Energy.
- Represented a group of Illinois farmers opposing the licensing and location of a neighboring industrial facility anticipated to cause significant air and water pollution.
- Represented a class of Hispanic residents in federal court who suffered housing discrimination and the denial of their civil rights in Addison, Illinois arising from governmental restrictions imposed by the Village upon their rights to access public housing.
- Represented a major manufacturer in the federal courts, including the US Supreme Court, concerning the US Postal Service’s attempt to ban the mailing of advertising promoting contraceptive products.
- Represented the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church in the Illinois courts and the US Supreme Court concerning its First Amendment right to defrock a church bishop.
- Represented numerous defendants in federal and state criminal trials on charges involving criminal fraud, murder, robbery, and other alleged crimes;
- Served as lead trial and appellate counsel for computer software companies protecting their proprietary rights and trade secrets in the federal courts.
- Represented the Trustee in bankruptcy in federal court in obtaining a judgment of $272 million against corporate officers who breached their contractual obligations in their efforts to construct a casino in Schaumburg, Illinois.
資格
- Illinois, 1972
経歴
- Harvard Law School, JD, 1972
Research Assistant to Professors Charles Fried and Derrick Bell - University of Michigan, BA, with highest distinction; James B. Angell Scholar; Phi Beta Kappa, 1969
登録済み裁判所
- US Supreme Court, 1976
- US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1998
- US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1993
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1973
- US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1973
- US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1983
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1972
- US District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1994
- US District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1992
受賞
- American Constitution Society Chicago Chapter, Abner J. Mikva Award, 2023
- The Best Lawyers in America, Environmental Law, 2014-2019, 2021-2022, 2024, 2026
- Chambers USA, Environment: Mainly Transactional, Illinois, 2006-2019
- Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, Commitment to Justice and Community Service Award, 2006
- Crain's Who's Who in Chicago Business, 2002-2008
- Harvard Law School Society of Illinois, Role Model Award, 2010
- Illinois Super Lawyers, 2005-2022, Environmental/Land Use, and Environmental Law
- Jenner & Block Robert L. Graham Mentor Award, 2017
- Leading Lawyers Network, Leading Business Lawyer, 2004, 2007; Environmental Law, 2004-2019; Top 100 Real Estate-related Lawyers in Illinois, 2009; Top 10 Leading Environmental Lawyers in Illinois, 2015-2017
- League of Women Voters, Citizen of Action Award, 2008
- Legal 500, Illinois, Transactions and Finance, 2008; Real Estate and Construction, Illinois, 2009
- Who's Who Legal Illinois, Environment, 2007-2010
Community
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law, 1973-1978
- Northwestern University School of Law, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law, 1990-2000, 2005, 2014-2019
- Environmental Law and Policy Center, Chair, Board of Directors, 1998-present; Co-Founder and Board Member, 1993-present; Recipient of Founders Award, 2013
- Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chair, 2016-2021
- Illinois Chess Association, Board Member, 2017-2021
弁護士会
- Environmental Law Institute, Member, Board of Directors, 2006-2011
- Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Civil Pattern Jury Instructions, Associate Member and Member, 1981-1996
- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Trustee, 2005-present
- Fund for Justice, Chairperson, 1987; Member, Board of Governors, 1979-1986, 1988-2000
- American Bar Association - Commission on the Renaissance of Idealism in the Legal Profession, Member, 2005-2006
- American Law Institute, 1995-present
- Chicago Appleseed Fund For Justice, Board Member, 2000-2014
- Chicago Council of Lawyers, President, 1979-1981; Member, Board of Directors, 1977-1979 and 1982-1985