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Joseph G. Block

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Venable LLP
575 7th Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia  20004


Telephone: 202-344-4000
Fax: 202-344-8300
http://www.venable.com



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Practice AreasEnvironmental Crimes; White Collar Crime; Internal Investigations; Environmental Auditing and Preventive Counseling; International Environmental Law
 
EducationHarvard University, J.D., 1972, University of Michigan, B.A., with high honors, high distinction in History, 1969, Phi Beta Kappa
 
Admitted1972, Pennsylvania; 1977, District of Columbia; 1981, California
 
MembershipsAmerican Bar Association (Vice Chair, Environmental Crimes Committee, Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, 1988—; Co-Chair, Environmental Crimes Subcommittee, International Criminal Law Committee, Criminal Justice Section, 1991); Master, Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court, 1989.
 
BornJohnstown, Pennsylvania, November 11, 1947
 
BiographyTrial Attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, 1972-1976. General Counsel to the Minority, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senate, 1977-1979. Chief Counsel to the Minority, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senate, 1979-1981. Attorney, Law Offices Of Barry Tarlow, Los Angeles, California, 1981-1984. U.S. Department of Justice, 1985-1991. Chief, Environmental Crimes Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 1988-1991 (Assistant Chief, 1987-1988 and Trial Attorney, 1985-1987). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1991. Special Assistant for Criminal Enforcement Office of Enforcement, May/August, 1991. Principal, Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee (provide policy advice to United States Trade Representative and EPA), November, 1994—.
 
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