About the Authors

• Author: Judson W. Starr/Amy J. McMaster/John F. Cooney/Joseph G. (Jerry) Block/David G. Dickman
• Pages: 3-5

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About the Authors

Lead Authors

Judson W. Starr has been a partner in the Washington, D.C., oces of Venable

LLP since 1988. From 1982 to 1988, he was the rst Director and then Chief of

the Environmental Crimes Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and

Natural Resources Division. He has served as co-chair of various subcommittees

on environmental crimes in the American Bar Association, and as a member of the

Environmental Crimes Advisory Group, U.S. Sentencing Commission. For the

past 17 years, he served as co-chair of the A LI-CLE (formally ALI-ABA) Crimi-

nal Enforcement of Environmental Crimes Conference. A frequent panelist and

author on environmental enforcement issues, he wa s named by the National Law

Journal and Chambers as one of the nation’s leading white-colla r-crime expert s.

He has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2003–2013 a nd was named

the DC Environmental Lawyer of the Year for 2011. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Medstar

Georgetown University Hospital, the co-chair of the Georgetown Law School’s Corporate Counsel Insti-

tute’s Advisory Board and a board member for Somerset Prep DC Cha rter School. He is a graduate of

Washington and Jeerson College and Georgetown University Law Center.

Amy J. McMaster is a partner in the Environmental practice group in Venable

LLP’s Washington, D.C., oce. She has specialized in environmental criminal

defense for over 10 years. Ms. McMaster is presently handling a criminal case

related to wetlands impacted during a land development project, and recently

worked on matters for a leading manufact urer of farm equipment and a major oil

renery. She also has extensive experience in civil enforcement, and focuses on

providing clients with a holistic solution to their NEPA, NHPA and CWA issues.

Ms. McMaster has authored several articles on wet lands and endangered species

issues. She graduated with distinction from the University of Victoria and the Col-

lege of William & Ma ry School of Law, where she was a member of Order of the

Coif and an editor of the William & Mary Law Review.

John F. Cooney is a partner in t he Washington, D.C., oce of Venable LLP. He

counsels clients on a broad range of regulatory issues involving federal agencies and

has an active litigation practice in federal district courts, courts of appeals, and the

Supreme Court. Mr. Cooney has had extensive experience in civil a nd criminal

matters involving environmental problems, including obtaining an injunction in

federal district court against the federal government’s imposition of a moratorium

on further deepwater drilling after the Deepwater Horizon explosion. Mr. Cooney

previously served as Deputy General C ounsel of the Oce of Management &

Budget, where he represented the Oce of Information and Regulatory A airs

in its review of rules submitted for White House policy review, and served as an

Assistant to the Solicitor General. Mr. Cooney graduated magna cum laude from

Brown University and from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of Order of the

Coif and an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review.