Biography of James W. Conrad, Jr.

Jamie Conrad earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Haverford College and a J.D. from George Washington University School of Law. His areas of expertise include chemical and marine facility security/critical infrastructure protection, environmental rulemaking and compliance, and use of science in regulation.

Among his accomplishments, Mr. Conrad developed and edits updates of the Environmental Science Deskbook (published by Thomson West). This text provides plain-English explanations of scientific terms, acronyms, concepts, methods, and applications of chemistry, physics, statistics, and environmental science that are key to environmental legal practice.

During the first part of his career, Mr. Conrad spent eight years in private practice with the Washington, D.C. law offices of Davis, Graham & Stubbs and Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, where his responsibilities encompassed regulatory advocacy, counseling, and transactional work under all the major environmental statutes and numerous state laws. For most of a decade, he also represented conservation groups on a pro bono basis in a variety of matters involving marine mammals and bald eagles.

From 1993 to 2007, Mr. Conrad was an Assistant General Counsel at the American Chemical Council (formerly known as the Chemical Manufacturers Association). In that capacity, he provided legal and policy counsel in support of ACC's regulatory, legislative and judicial advocacy in the areas of security, science policy, regulatory enforcement, government management of environmental information, hazardous and solid waste programs, air monitoring, and environmental innovation legislation and programs. For approximately two years, before ACC reverted to a flatter management style, he also managed ACC's environmental legal staff.

Mr. Conrad has testified before Congress and the U.S. Sentencing Commission, has addressed the U.S. Attorneys National Conference, and is a frequent speaker before organizations such as the American Bar Association, the Environmental Law Institute, Resources for the Future, ALI/ABA, Society for Risk Analysis, and the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Mr. Conrad's writings on legal subjects have appeared in such journals as the Administrative Law Review, Law & Contemporary Problems, Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy, Environmental Health Perspectives, The New Republic, the Washington Post, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Environmental Law Institute's Environmental Law Reporter, and the Bureau of National Affairs' publication Environment Reporter.

Mr. Conrad is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Maryland Bar (inactive), as well as the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; and the U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Arizona.