Conti-Cook, Cynthia H.

Albert Ferlo, an of counsel in the firm's Environment & Natural Resources practice, has more than 20 years of experience in environmental law. He served for 14 years as both a trial and senior appellate attorney in the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice, where he litigated major cases in the natural resource and regulatory areas. He also prepared briefs and argued cases in every U.S. federal circuit court. From 1997 until 2001, he served as the counselor to the chief of the USDA Forest Service, where he was involved in all major legal and policy aspects of the agency's environmental compliance efforts. He also participated in the development of the Forest Service's Roadless policy and the establishment of the Giant Sequoia National Monument.

Albert focuses his practice on coordinating efforts of various resource and regulatory agencies in order to ensure that a client's project is implemented in an efficient, timely and cost-effective manner.