Palermo, Sam

Mr. Palmer's clients benefit from his unique experience as both a lawyer and technical consultant. During the last 19 years, Mr. Palmer has relied on his varied experience to assist clients representing numerous industries, including petroleum refineries, automobile manufacturers, electric utilities, mining companies, defense contractors, aerospace companies, paper manufacturers, printers, construction contractors, agricultural operations, and commercial transporters.

 

More specifically, Mr. Palmer has focused much of his legal career on Clean Air Act matters and has helped numerous clients with their efforts to remain in compliance with all aspects of the complex and dynamic Clean Air Act regulatory program. This includes obtaining air emission control permits, planning future activities to minimize the expense of regulation, and the defense of allegations that a company may have violated Clean Air Act requirements.

 

Mr. Palmer has assisted clients in developing cutting-edge regulatory strategies for their businesses. He has negotiated some of the Second Generation regulatory agreements that exist in Wisconsin pursuant to the states Environmental Cooperation Pilot Program. These innovative agreements have provided his clients with regulatory flexibility to fit their unique business needs while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards that keep air and water clean and safe.

 

Mr. Palmer is frequently at the table with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and other interests to proactively address regulatory issues and, where necessary, develop new programs in the state. He has participated in technical advisory groups that have written many of Wisconsin's Clean Air Act regulations in Wisconsin, including the recent New Source Review reforms. On behalf of clients, he has negotiated "Green Tier" agreements with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

 

He has written several chapters in the Second and Third Editions of the Wisconsin Environmental Law Handbook, including the chapter on Clean Air Act regulation, and recently co-authored the latest installment of The Wisconsin Business Advisor Series: Environmental and Real Estate Law, Volume 2, published by the State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Books.

 

Mr. Palmer has participated as a panelist in several forums, including a roundtable discussion about Wisconsin's paper industry. The discussion was featured in the magazine Corporate Report Wisconsin.

 

He is also a frequent lecturer at regulatory and environmental law seminars, and has been invited to speak to such diverse groups as the American Petroleum Institute, the National Lime Association, the Federation of Environmental Technologists, the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, and a wide range of trade organizations.