B&D’s environmental practice earned a Band 1 ranking in the 2025 edition of Chambers and Partners – USA.

Chambers ranks B&D as a leading environmental practice in every state B&D has an office in which Chambers produces environmental practice rankings. B&D was named a leading environmental law practice in California, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Washington.

Chambers also named our New York office a leading Insurance Coverage (Policyholder) practice. This practice works nationwide to advise on insurance issues and recover insurance proceeds for our clients in environmental and other matters.

Chambers refers to B&D as a “respected boutique focused exclusively on environmental law at all levels across the country,” and a firm that “provides multidisciplinary expertise across the group and represents a range of clients in matters from legislative advice and advocacy to clean air and water regulation and litigation.” They also note that B&D offers “particular capability in the pesticides and biotechnology space,” and noted B&D's "impressive client roster drawn from the pharmaceutical, chemical and retail industries, among others."

Clients and market observers praised B&D with comments such as:

"Beveridge & Diamond's attorneys have an ability to immediately get to the heart of and simplify very complex issues involving multiple laws, parties and chemicals."

"Their level of understanding of not only the environmental regulations, but also the thought process of project opponents, and their attention to detail set them apart."

"Beveridge & Diamond is responsive, aware of business concerns and provides succinct and thoughtful legal advice."

"Beveridge & Diamond attorneys have tremendous depth of knowledge and expertise in a wide range of environment, health and safety legal matters. "

The recognized B&D lawyers are:

• Maddie Boyer (Principal, Austin)
• Megan Brillault (Principal, New York)
• Nessa Horewitch Coppinger (Principal, Washington, DC)
• John Cruden (Principal, Washington, DC)
• Loren Dunn (Principal, Seattle)
• Lisa Dyar (Principal, Austin)
• Morgan Gilhuly (Principal, California)
• Marc Goldstein (Firmwide Managing Principal, Boston)
• Steve Gordon (Senior Counsel, New York)
• Jeanine Grachuk (Principal, Boston)
• Paul Hagen (Principal, Washington, DC)
• John Kazanjian (Principal, New York)
• Eric Klein (Principal, Boston)
• Dan Krainin (Office Managing Principal, New York)
• Laura LaValle (Principal, Austin)
• Michael Murphy (Principal, New York)
• John Paul (Principal, New York)
• Steve Richmond (Senior Counsel, Boston)
• Dylan Sanders (Of Counsel, Boston)
• Jimmy Slaughter (Principal, Washington, DC)
• Gary Smith (Senior Counsel, San Francisco)
• Allyn Stern (Office Managing Principal, Seattle)
• David Weber (Principal, Seattle)

View B&D's full rankings on the Chambers website.