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Presenting At Green Legal Matters This Week in New Orleans

On October 13, 2010        

Here is a truth:  Green Building is not a fad.

Between 2005 and 2008, the Green Building Construction industry has grown by 500%, from a $10 billion industry to a $49b industry.   McGraw-Hill Trends Driving Change Report’s Green Outlook 2009 predicts the industry tripling between now and 2013, to a $140b market.

If you’re in construction, these numbers should get your attention.  Especially in this market.

The unavoidable marriage between the green and construction industries is why our construction law practice has paid very close attention to green legal issues.   We operate two topic-specific blogs on the topic (Louisiana Green Law and Northwest Green Law), and I’m a LEED AP.

The first ever conference focusing on the green industry’s legal issues is taking place this week in New Orleans, LA, Green Legal Matters.  I’m very excited to take part in the conference by speaking at two programs:

Thursday, 3pm – 4pm
Agreements for Smart Building Certification and Green Litigation Risks
Presenting with James D’Entremont, Phelps Dunbar

Friday, 11am – 12pm
LEEDigation:  The Impact of LEED 3.0, Litigation and Building Regulation
Presenting with Christopher Hill, Law Office of Christoper Hill

View all of the Green Legal Matters programs at this PDF link.

I have Keynotes put together for the presentations.

For the one on Friday with Chris Hill (check out his great construction law blog here:   Construction Law Musings), the presentation is available on my SlideShare account.  You can also view it right here:

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As can you for the one on Thursday with James d’Entremont:

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Speaking At 1st Annual Green Legal Matters Conference in New Orleans

On March 9, 2010        

Green Legal Matters is a national symposium aimed to bring together the best and brightest legal minds to discuss opportunities presented by the green movement, and the legal challenges it presented for folks in the industry.   The conference producers promise a very full 2 days of keynotes, panels and presentations from subject matter experts.

In what is great news for the Louisiana green industry, the industry is hosting its first annual conference in New Orleans between April 26 – 28, 2010.

I’m happy to be among a number of great experts to speak at the conference, and among some attorneys who are good friends of ours from twitter and blogs such as Christopher Hill (who I’ll present with on green litigation), Shari Shapiro and Tim Hughes.

The conference hopes to pull in great attendance based upon its location (New Orleans = greatest city in the world), the time of year (sandwiched between the two weekends of New Orleans Jazz Festival) and a line-up of very significant speaks including:

  • New Orleans Mayor Elect, Mitch Landrieu
  • James Carville, political consultant
  • Susan Dorn, General Counsel of US Green Building Council
  • Roberta Lang, General Counsel, Whole Foods
  • Steve Harmon, Sr. Director Legal Services, Cisco

If you’d like to learn more about the conference, or to register to attend, please visit www.greenlegalmatters.com.

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