Legal 500 Recognizes Balch Among Leading U.S. Firms for Environmental Regulatory and Litigation Work

The 2026 Legal 500 United States Guide has recognized Balch & Bingham's Environmental & Natural Resources Practice among the leading environmental teams in the United States, earning national rankings in the Environment: Regulatory; and Environment: Litigation categories.

The recognition highlights the depth of Balch's Environmental Practice, which combines regulatory knowledge, litigation experience, and strategic counsel to help clients address evolving environmental challenges across a range of industries.

The Legal 500 United States Guide is one of the nation’s most prominent legal directories. Each year, its researchers interview department heads and senior partners, review matters handled in the preceding year and collect feedback directly from an estimated 300,000 clients. Firms are assessed on the quality and complexity of their work, team depth, and standing in the market.

Balch's Environmental & Natural Resources Practice advises clients on complex and contested environmental regulatory matters, bringing together deep regulatory knowledge, litigation strength, and strategic insight. With attorneys who have government and science backgrounds, the team serves clients across the energy, chemical, real estate, mining, technology, and manufacturing/industrial sectors, including Fortune 500 corporations, utilities, developers, financial institutions, state and local governments, trade associations, and public entities.

The team is experienced in cutting-edge air regulatory issues, water quality and water quantity matters, waste management programs, climate-related regulation and reporting, Superfund, wetlands and land-use permitting, and emerging issues such as PFAS. Balch also counsels clients on permitting for manufacturing and energy projects, NEPA reviews, major EPA rulemakings, compliance and transactional matters, and defends enforcement actions and citizen suits in state and federal administrative and judicial forums.