Mr. Jeffrey Fort

Council Member Biography

Jeffrey C. Fort is Partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in Chicago, Illinois, where his practice includes internal environmental investigations and audits, the design and implementation of environmental compliance programs and systems, and evaluation of self-reporting and voluntary compliance strategies. He also has extensive experience in complex air regulation and permitting matters and in creating and transferring emission credits. Mr. Fort has nearly 30 years' experience in remedial clean-ups, including developing risk and exposure assessments for potentially toxic chemicals and natural resource damages. These risk-based evaluations have also extended to worker safety and public exposure disputes and for the regulation of toxic substances. Mr. Fort has extensive experience in issues related to contaminated sediments and remedial options. He has successfully litigated before all levels of state and federal courts and negotiated with all varieties of local state and federal environmental agencies. A former chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association and of the Lake Michigan States Section of the Air & Waste Management Association, Mr. Fort is a frequent lecturer on environmental topics for various professional groups. His publications include “Designing an Effective Environmental Compliance Program” “Closure and Corrective Actions of Areas Potentially Contaminated with Hazardous Waste" and “Water Pollution in Illinois". (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

1995 - Unspecified

Partner, SONNENSCHEIN, NATH & ROSENTHAL, LLP