Perkins Coie Expands Environment, Energy & Resources Practice With the Addition of Bill Malley and Albert Ferlo

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 8, 2008) – Perkins Coie's Washington, D.C. office is pleased to announce that Bill Malley and Albert Ferlo have joined its national Environment, Energy & Resources practice. Both attorneys join the firm from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where they were part of the firm's Environment and Land Use practice group. "It's great to have Bill and Al on board," said Washington, D.C. Office Managing Partner John Devaney. "Both men have exceptional environmental policy experience, especially in the infrastructure area, and will be great additions to this growing area of the firm."

Malley's practice focuses on the environmental studies, permitting and approvals needed for large-scale infrastructure projects, including compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, and the Endangered Species Act. He advises both public and private clients on project development strategy, regulatory issues, and legislative affairs. He also provides litigation representation. His project development experience includes major highway projects in Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Utah and West Virginia. He has also worked with clients on project development for several airports, a transit center, a natural gas pipeline and a solid waste landfill.

Malley serves as an advisor to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) on regulatory and legislative issues and speaks regularly at AASHTO conferences and other transportation industry meetings.

He earned his J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.Sc. in public policy from the London School of Economics and an A.B. from Harvard University.

Ferlo's practice focuses on issues involving compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and other laws. He has been involved in large infrastructure development projects such as highways, airport expansions, and municipal wastewater treatment projects. Much of Ferlo's practice involves coordinating efforts of various resource and regulatory agencies in order to ensure that the planned project is implemented in an efficient, timely and cost-effective manner.

Prior to private practice, Ferlo served for 14 years as both a trial and senior appellate attorney in the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice. In 1997, he received the Department of Justice's John Marshall Award for Litigation for his work in appeals arising out of the timber harvest provisions in the 1995 Rescissions Act. From 1997 until 2001, Ferlo served as the counselor to the Chief of the USDA Forest Service. There he was involved in all major legal and policy aspects of the agency's environmental compliance efforts. He also participated in the development of the Forest Service's roadless areas policy and the development of the Giant Sequoia National Monument.

He received his A.B. in 1976 from Colgate University and his J.D. in 1979 from the University of Miami School of Law.