For Immediate Release
August 14, 2007

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Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9500

John Echeverria

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In recognition of his achievements in the field of state and local government law, John D. Echeverria, executive director of the Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute, was presented the tenth annual Jefferson Fordham Advocacy Award from the American Bar Association’s Section of State & Local Government Law.  He received the honor at the ABA’s annual meeting in San Francisco on August 10. 

"John Echeverria is a leading advocate supporting notions of federalism and rights for state and local governments," said Patricia E. Salkin, associate dean and director of the Government Law Center at Albany Law School and a past chair of the ABA’s State & Local Government Law Section.  "In particular, his leadership and written advocacy in the areas of regulatory takings and environmental law before the U.S. Supreme Court and other high courts have earned him a reputation as an outstanding lawyer and a champion of environmental protection."

The Jefferson Fordham Advocacy Award "recognizes outstanding advocacy or legal writing within the area of state and local government law."

Echeverria has been the executive director of the Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute since 1997.  Before coming to Georgetown, he was general counsel at the Audubon Society and general counsel and conservation director at American Rivers, Inc.  He was an associate at Hughes, Hubbard & Reed and served as law clerk to Judge Gerhard A. Gesell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Echeverria graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in history and combined sciences from Yale University.  He received an M.F.S. from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

 

About Georgetown University Law Center 

Georgetown University Law Center is one of the world's premier law schools. It has the largest full-time faculty in the nation and is pre-eminent in several areas, including constitutional, international, tax and clinical law. Drawing on its Jesuit heritage, it has a strong tradition of public service and is dedicated to the principle that law is but a means, justice is the end. With this principle in mind, Georgetown Law has built an environment that cultivates an exchange of ideas and the pursuit of academic excellence. It brings together an extraordinarily varied group of teachers, scholars and practitioners, as well as an outstanding student body.

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