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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices
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2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Eric Murdock
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Work Department
Environmental, Environmental Compliance, Litigation and Defense, Environmental Issues In Business Transactions, Chemicals, Products and Hazardous Materials, Energy Litigation, Energy, National Environmental Policy Act, Natural Resources, Renewable Energy and Clean Power, International Renewable Energy and Clean Power, Superfund (CERCLA), Site Remediation and Natural Resource Damages, Sustainability and Corporate Clean Power, Wind
Position
Partner and head of the firm’s administrative law team
Career
Mr. Murdock is head of HuntonAK’s administrative law team, comprising the environmental practice group and the regulated industries and government relations practice group. He is respected for his business-minded approach to environmental compliance and risk management, whether in the context of litigation, business transactions, administrative processes or day-to-day facility operations.
Clients from a wide array of industries, including energy companies, chemical manufacturers, waste management companies, banks and other financial service institutions and developers rely on Mr. Murdock’s pragmatism and problem solving to navigate the complex network of laws at play in the environmental sphere.
Mr. Murdock has 30 years of experience litigating a wide range of environmental matters, including defense of enforcement actions, challenges to environmental permits, contractual disputes regarding environmental indemnities, challenges to administrative rulemakings and actions for recovery and allocation of costs for environmental cleanups. At the same time, a significant portion of Mr. Murdock’s practice involves managing the environmental aspects of complex business transactions and major development projects.
Memberships
Admitted to the District of Columbia and Connecticut State Bars
Education
- JD, Duke University School of Law, with honors, Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal, 1985
- AB, Princeton University, cum laude, 1982
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Environment > Environment: litigation
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP acts for clients across the energy, automobile, industrial, oil and gas, real estate sectors, assisting with a gamut of legal challenges surrounding natural resources, waste, chemicals, climate change and air and water contamination. It also regularly defends cases before the Circuit Courts of Appeals and the US Supreme Court. Practice heads Eric Murdock and Deidre Duncan co-lead the Washington DC-based team- the former, with deep experience environmental litigator, adeptly defends enforcement actions, challenges environmental permits and deals with disputes, while the latter is known for her deep knowledge of natural resources claims and regularly handles mandates under the Clean Water Act. Also in DC, William Brownell has experience litigating before the US Court of Appeals and the US Supreme Court, and is a key point of contact for Clean Air Act proceedings affecting the energy sector. Clients praise Chuck Knauss for his ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking and recommend Shannon Broome for her ‘clever, creative, persistent and pragmatic’ approach to her work.
United States > Environment > Environment: regulatory
The environmental group at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is a key point of contact for clients within the energy, industrial, manufacturing and real estate sectors, seeking assistance with natural resources, air, water, chemicals and climate change mandates. The practice is co-chaired by the Washington DC-based duo Eric Murdock and Deidre Duncan. The former is best known for his knowledge of environmental risk management, while the latter specializes in water and natural resources compliance issues. Also practicing from Washington DC is Matthew Leopold, who handles water regulation, waste, chemicals and hazardous substances, Kerry McGrath, natural resources and environmental lawyer, who works with clients from across the mining and utilities sectors and Chuck Knauss, who predominantly assists automotive, manufacturing and oil and gas clients with environmental and energy compliance, risk management and enforcement. Over in San Francisco, Shannon Broome co-leads the ESG and climate change practice, aiding clients in the renewables, oil and gas sectors with environmental regulation, counseling and risk assessment alongside Clare Ellis, whose in depth knowledge of climate change secures her a range of clients from within the transport and energy sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
- Environment: regulatory United States > Environment
- Environment: litigation United States > Environment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings