Fredric P. Andes is a partner in the Chicago and Washington, D.C. offices of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, an administrator of the Environmental Department and the leader of the firm's water team. Mr. Andes is involved in counseling and litigation on issues arising under various federal and state environmental laws, with a special emphasis on Clean Water Act matters.
Mr. Andes is involved in clean water issues on the national and state levels. He was selected by the EPA to serve on the Federal Advisory Committee on the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program. He is serving as coordinator for the Federal Water Quality Coalition, which is a group of municipal and other regulated parties that is participating in EPA's rulemaking on TMDLs and other key Clean Water Act programs.
Mr. Andes is also advising trade associations, industries, and municipalities on TMDLs, permits, and other water quality matters on the state and federal levels, including development of water quality standards, listings, TMDLs, and permit conditions.
Before coming to Barnes & Thornburg, Mr. Andes was a partner with the Chicago law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. Prior to working in Chicago, he spent nine years practicing environmental law in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Andes graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1980. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in 1977. Mr. Andes is a member of the Illinois State, District of Columbia, and American Bar Associations. He is admitted to practice in the state of Illinois, the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois and the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits.
Events
10/15/2007, Brad Addison and Fred Andes Host Climate Change Roundtable
09/26/2007, 2007 B&T Clean Water Workshop
11/01/2005, Developments in Clean Water Law - Key TMDL Allocation Issues
11/21/2002, The Environmental and Safety Conference
01/30/2002, Conference on Environmental Issues
08/28/2001, Environmental Conference
02/15/2001, Conference on Environmental Issues
(Also at Chicago, Illinois office)