For Immediate Release
September 30, 2008

Contact:
Marnie Grumbach, Communications Coordinator, Preti Flaherty
E-mail: mgrumbach@preti.com
Web Site: http://www.pretiflaherty.com

Preti Flaherty attorney David B. Van Slyke has been nominated as a fellow in the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL), the firm announced.

Van Slyke, a Partner and Chair of Preti Flaherty’s Environmental Law Practice Group, was inducted on September 25, 2008 at the College’s annual meeting in San Francisco.

Van Slyke is a nationally recognized environmental lawyer, joining the firm in 1991 after a distinguished career with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C.

Membership in the American College of Environmental Lawyers is by invitation only and members are recognized by their peers as preeminent in their field. According to ACOEL, members are dedicated to maintaining and improving the ethical practice of environmental law, the administration of justice, and the development of environmental law at both the state and federal level.

Van Slyke directs all aspects of the firm’s environmental practice, including permitting, compliance counseling, defense of enforcement actions, due diligence in business and lending transactions and environmental risk management. He resides in Yarmouth, Maine.

He may be reached at dvanslyke@preti.com or 207.791.3000.

About Preti Flaherty
Preti Flaherty has offices in Portland and Augusta, Maine, Concord, N.H., and Boston, Mass. With more than 85 attorneys, the firm counsels clients in the areas of business law, energy, environmental, estate planning, health care, intellectual property, labor and employment, legislative and regulatory, litigation, technology and telecommunications. More information about the firm is available at www.preti.com.

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