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Washington, DC 20005-3311
Washington

• Clean Water Act
• Safe Drinking Water Act
• Toxic and Harmful Substances/TSCA
• Water Supply and Quality - Environmental
• Water Supply and Quality - Land Use
• Environmental

• Syracuse University (A.B., 1975)
• Catholic University of America (J.D., 1980)

• Maryland (1980)
• District of Columbia (1982)
• American Bar Association
• District of Columbia Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Maryland State Bar Association

Richard S. Davis represents industry groups, companies and municipalities in the full range of matters arising under the Clean Water Act. He represents clients in shaping rulemaking proceedings and, if necessary, in judicial challenges to final rules. He also regularly advises both commercial and municipal clients with respect to permitting strategy in light of rapidly evolving Clean Water Act regulations. In addition, he defends both public and private enforcement actions brought under the Act. Mr. Davis frequently lectures on permitting, regulatory strategy and compliance assurance systems under the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts.

Mr. Davis clerked for the Honorable H. Emory Widener, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, from 1980 to 1981. He co-authored "Water Pollution," Chapter 18, Volume 4, Environmental Law Practice Guide: State and Federal Law; and co-authored "Storm Water Regulation of Construction Activities," Chapter 29, Environmental Aspects of Real Estate Transactions. In addition, Mr. Davis co-authored "EPA Changes Rules on Clean Water Act Grant Appeals," 56 J. Water Poll. Cont. Fed. 14 (1984), and authored "Protection of a Debtor's 'Fresh Start' Under the New Bankruptcy Code," 29 Cath. U. L. Rev. 842 (1980). Mr. Davis was an Attorney-Advisor to the Joint AMSA/EPA Audits Study Group in 1985. He has also been a Professorial Lecturer at Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America.

Mr. Davis is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Federal Bar Association and American Bar Association. He received his J.D. from Catholic University Columbus School of Law and his B.A. from Syracuse University.