Speakers

Elliot Laws is a senior counsel in the Washington office of Crowell & Moring and practices in its public policy and environment and natural resources groups. He provides crisis management, strategic counseling, and legal and policy advice on environmental and energy policy issues and litigation. He served formerly as president of safety, health, and environment for Texaco Inc. As assistant administrator for solid waste and emergency response at the Environmental Protection Agency, he was responsible for regulatory and policy development and implementation for solid and hazardous waste management, including Superfund, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, brownfields, and underground storage tank programs. Previously, he was a Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency attorney and a Manhattan assistant district attorney.