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Albert
M.
Ferlo
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Albert Ferlo, an of counsel in the firm's Environment, Energy & Resources practice, has more than 20 years of experience in environmental law. He served for 14 years as both a trial and senior appellate attorney in the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice, where he litigated major cases in the natural resource and regulatory areas.
Albert has over 25 years of experience representing airports and infrastructure projects. During his years at the U.S. Department of Justice, he represented both the FAA and the FHWA in cases challenging agency approvals of airport and highway developments. In 1994, he was the lead federal attorney representing the FAA in a challenge to FAA's approval of the expansion of the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. While in private practice Ferlo was the lead attorney representing Los Angeles World Airports in its successful effort to obtain FAA approval of its master plan improvements for the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). He also prepared briefs and argued cases in every U.S. federal circuit court. From 1997 until 2001, he served as the counselor to the chief of the USDA Forest Service, where he was involved in all major legal and policy aspects of the agency's environmental compliance efforts.
Albert focuses his practice on coordinating efforts of various resource and regulatory agencies in order to ensure that a client's project is implemented in an efficient, timely and cost-effective manner.
Professional Recognition
- U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Chief's Award for Excellence, 2000
- U.S. Department of Justice, John Marshall Award for Outstanding Legal Achievement, 1997
Related Employment
- Environmental Law Institute, Instructor, Environmental Law Boot Camp, 2008
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, 2001 - 2008
- U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Counselor to the Chief, 1997 - 2001
- U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Appellate Section,
1979 - 1986 and 1990 - 1997
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- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 1979
- Colgate University, A.B., 1976
- District of Columbia
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
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