Kansas City, Mo. – September 12, 2024: Gene Schmittgens, an attorney with Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C., will continue his leadership role with the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy and Resources’ (SEER) Section Council.
After completing a three-year term on the SEER Section Council, Gene was asked to coordinate the section’s committees and serve as program chair for the SEER 2026 Spring Conference. Gene is also a former chair of the SEER Environmental Transactions and Brownfields committee.
About Gene Schmittgens: Gene works with clients at the state and federal levels in all aspects of environmental law, including reporting, compliance, enforcement, administrative litigation, insurance, permitting, transportation requirements, and transactional issues arising out of the sale of real estate and businesses. He has experience in various state and federal environmental laws, CERCLA, TSCA, the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, NEPA and RCRA. Gene is also a frequent lecturer and author on environmental issues, is active in a number of environmental law committees of various bar associations and civic groups, and has served as an Assistant Adjunct Professor at Saint Louis University School of Law, where he taught a course on Environmental Due Diligence.
About the firm’s Environmental Law group: The firm’s Environmental Law attorneys assist clients in navigating the complex interplay between business objectives and regulatory requirements. They have experience advising clients and represent clients in civil litigation and administrative proceedings in state and federal venues on matters relating to Brownfields, Superfund liability, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, hazardous waste and toxic torts, underground storage tanks, as well as issues arising out of environmental provisions in contracts for the acquisition of businesses and real estate.
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