About William

Bill Gorton is Chair of the Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Service Group for the firm. He is national counsel to numerous clients on environmental regulatory and land and water resources matters. He advises healthcare clients in permitting, acquisitions and environmental compliance matters. Bill has represented clients in the waste management sector including acquisitions, due diligence, compliance and contracting. He has been counsel in the development of numerous independent gas, solar and waste-coal power plants. He has been Lead Counsel to numerous surety companies regarding over $4 billion in financial guarantees on bankrupt and/or defaulting mining operations, hazardous waste facilities and solid waste disposal facilities throughout the United States. He has been primary environmental counsel in the development of interstate pipeline associated with major natural gas resource development. He also counsels on large natural resource and energy, waste industry, business or corporate transactions, and project development assessing and addressing environmental regulatory issues and accomplishing clients' goals. Bill is also an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law at the University of Kentucky's Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation program. Before embarking on a law career, Mr. Gorton managed many projects as an environmental consultant on projects throughout the U.S.

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Education

• University of Kentucky, J.D., with distinction, graduated 1988
• Penn State, B.S., Man-Environment Relations, emphasis in Natural Systems, graduated 1976

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Kentucky, Kentucky Bar Association

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