Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek: Expands Environmental Practice

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Dennis Dean (414) 274-3003

MILWAUKEE – Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, S.C., announced today that attorney
Richard Lewandowski has joined the firm¹s environmental regulatory practice
area as a shareholder, working in both the Madison and Milwaukee offices.
Lewandowski has spent his legal career in private practice in Madison.

³Rick Lewandowski is an accomplished environmental and land use attorney who
brings additional depth and experience to our practice,² said Michael
Klinker, Vice President, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek. ³His knowledge of
environmental law and his understanding of the regulatory landscape in
Wisconsin is extensive. He brings significant benefits to our clients
concerned with clean water, land use and ground water protection issues.²

Lewandowski will focus on issues related to surface and ground water and the
remediation of contaminated properties. In his practice, Lewandowski has
defended state and federal enforcement actions. He has represented clients
in water permitting, soil and hazardous waste regulation, Superfund cost
recovery, state groundwater and site remediation projects, wetlands, and
piers and waterfront development under Chapter 30 of the Wisconsin Statutes.

Lewandowski is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of
Wisconsin, Dane County Bar Association, and has practiced before the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern
and Western Districts of Wisconsin and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lewandowski is a 1978 graduate of University of Wisconsin Law School. He
also holds B.A. degrees in economics and political science from Ripon
College, Ripon, Wisconsin.

For more than 60 years, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, S.C. has played a leading
role in shaping the political, economic and legal landscapes in Wisconsin ‹
guiding their clients to successful outcomes. The firm, with offices in
Milwaukee, Madison and Manitowoc, has over 140 attorneys and paralegals
practicing over 30 areas of law.