Adam M. Kushner | Washington, D.C. | Hogan Lovells

Adam M. Kushner

Partner Global Regulatory

Kushner Adam

Adam M. Kushner
Kushner Adam
  • Overview
  • Experience
  • Credentials
  • Insights and events

The practice of environmental law today requires the deep appreciation that Adam Kushner has for the differing perspectives of stakeholders who have a voice on the many high-profile and complex environmental issues of our day and incorporates them into our environmental practice as the global Co-Chair.

Widely recognized nationally as having keen insight and deep knowledge of the authority of the government to enforce federal environmental law, Adam is called upon by many clients to help them navigate difficult and potentially high-profile environmental enforcement, compliance, and governance issues. Adam has more than 30 years of knowledge and experiences, both in and out of government, and brings that to bear as a director of the firm's Environment Practice Group.

Adam was a federal prosecutor and the national director of EPA's air and civil enforcement programs. During the course of his public service, and continuing at Hogan Lovells, Adam has litigated, negotiated, and resolved many matters arising under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Superfund statute. Adam works regularly with refineries, petrochemical manufacturers, oil and gas producers, and other industrial concerns.

Importantly, Adam is a thought leader on issues of big picture environmental enforcement policy as well as the details of the many programs underlying those policy choices, which he brings to bear in his work with clients.

Credentials

Education
  • J.D., Vermont Law School, cum laude, 1984
  • M.S.L., Vermont Law School, summa cum laude, 1984
  • B.A., Franklin & Marshall College, 1981
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • District of Columbia
  • Vermont (inactive)

Recognition

Environment (District of Columbia), Band 3

Chambers USA

2016-2022
Environment (District of Columbia), Band 2

Chambers USA

2023-2024
Environment: Regulatory, Leading Lawyer

Legal 500 US

2023-2024
Environment: Transactions

Legal 500 US

2018-2019
Environment: Litigation

Legal 500 US

2013, 2017-2020
Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action: Automotive/Transport

Legal 500 US

2017
Environment: Regulatory

Legal 500 US

2016
Environment

Who's Who Legal

2015
Washington's Top Lawyers: Environmental

Washingtonian

2014