Russell R. Eggert

With nearly 40 years of experience, Russ has a practice that encompasses the full range of environmental law, including: litigation, regulatory compliance counseling, due diligence, and work on transactions across the United States, Central and South America, the EU, and China.

Russ devotes the largest portion of his practice to litigation and litigation avoidance. In recent years, he has defended (including trials and appeals) federal and state enforcement actions across the country under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, and CERCLA; multiple private cost recovery actions under CERCLA and various state laws; environmental tort claims, including class actions; and citizen suits under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and RCRA. He has also represented industry in challenges to the EPA’s jurisdiction under the Commerce Clause; the EPA’s administration of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act; and constitutional challenges to state product “take-back” legislation.

Russ has served as national environmental counsel to a leading manufacturer and in that role provided compliance advice on a wide range of regulatory issues across multiple jurisdictions.

Court Memberships

• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and District of Columbia Circuits
• U.S. Supreme Court

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Honors

• Listed in Who’s Who Legal: Illinois 2008 as one of the Illinois’ 37 leading lawyers in the environmental area
• Every edition of Chambers USA Guide to Leading Lawyers of Business
• Best Lawyers in America®
• Illinois Super Lawyers
• Illinois Leading Lawyers Network
• Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Environmental Lawyers
• Who’s Who in America
• Who’s Who in American Law® 
• The International Who’s Who of Environment Lawyers, 2011

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources; Section of Litigation