Area of EmphasisDon Bluedorn’s practice focuses primarily on water and wastewater management, site remediation/brownfields, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste issues. Because of the technical nature of both the subject matter and his education, Mr. Bluedorn typically works closely with the client, technical consultants, and engineers during all phases of a project’s development. This team approach has been very successful with state and federal regulatory agencies in a number of different states throughout the country.
Mr. Bluedorn has extensive experience with industrial operations throughout the country, particularly in the areas of electric power generation, transmission and distribution, natural gas, coal, primary and secondary metals, chemicals, and heavy manufacturing. He also has extensive experience with brownfields development and environmental liability transfers, representing owners, developers, buyers and sellers.
BackgroundMr. Bluedorn is Managing Shareholder of the firm and serves on the Management Committee and as a member of the Board of Directors. He has been with Babst Calland since late 1987 and has been active in firm management for much of that time.
Mr. Bluedorn received his B.S. from Grove City College in 1983, where he graduated with high honors in Electrical Engineering, and a J.D. in 1986 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif and was a member of the Editorial Board of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. Mr. Bluedorn’s undergraduate education focused heavily on the power aspects of electrical engineering and, while in college and law school, he gained valuable practical experience with regard to the basic issues of electric transmission and distribution.