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Top BigLaw Firms for Environmental

Regulatory compliance, environmental issues in transactions, enforcement defense and litigation over environmental statutes. Chambers USA 2026 ranks 26 firms in our directory nationwide for environmental law, 4 of them in Band 1. Pick a city for the local tables.

Ranked nationwide
26
Cities with 3+ ranked firms
34

Environmental by city

Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026

  1. 1.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Environment
  2. 2.Ashurst Perkins Coie LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 · Environment
  3. 3.King & Spalding LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Environment
  4. 4.Hunton Andrews Kurth LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Environment
  5. 5.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Environment
  6. 6.Hogan Lovells CadwaladerFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Environment
  7. 7.Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Environment
  8. 8.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Environment
  9. 9.Baker Botts L.L.P.First-year base $225,000Band 2 · Environment
  10. 10.Paul Hastings LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Environment
  11. 11.Holland & Knight LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Environment
  12. 12.Vinson & Elkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Environment
  13. 13.Greenberg Traurig, LLPFirst-year base Varies by officeBand 3 · Environment
  14. 14.Alston & Bird LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Environment
  15. 15.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Environment
  16. 16.K&L Gates LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Environment
  17. 17.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Environment
  18. 18.Crowell & Moring LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 4 · Environment
  19. 19.McGuireWoods LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 4 · Environment
  20. 20.Troutman Pepper Locke LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 4 · Environment
  21. 21.Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLPFirst-year base $200,000Band 4 · Environment
  22. 22.Fox Rothschild LLPFirst-year base $205,000Band 5 · Environment
  23. 23.Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Environment
  24. 24.Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 5 · Environment
  25. 25.Barnes & Thornburg LLPFirst-year base $105,000-$180,000Band 5 · Environment
  26. 26.Stoel RivesFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Environment

Is environmental law a fit?

Who tends to thrive

  • People interested in environmental policy
  • Those who like science-adjacent regulatory work
  • Students with environmental backgrounds

What a 1L can do this year

  • Take Environmental Law and Administrative Law
  • Follow a current environmental regulation or case
  • Ask about the mix of deal support and standalone work
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