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Rob Devolve uses his experience in environmental, real estate and land use to assist clients with a wide variety of matters. Rob chairs our Environmental practice group and a major focus of his practice is counseling clients on environmental issues in corporate and real estate transactions and on permitting and compliance issues. Rob devotes a significant amount of time to helping clients assess and minimize environmental liability in business and regulatory matters, and has handled regulatory matters at the federal, state and local levels. He has had key roles in drafting laws in Minnesota that facilitate the redevelopment of brownfields. Another major focus of his practice is real estate and land use, including brownfields redevelopment, boundary disputes and complex title clearance.
Rob is a frequent writer and speaker in the areas of environmental and real property law. He is licensed to practice land surveying in New York and, prior to joining Leonard, Street and Deinard, was a land surveyor and environmental analyst specializing in land use planning and development. His prior work experience also included several years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
Member, Hennepin County Bar Association
Contributing editor in environmental law, Minnesota State Bar
Association’s Bench and Bar of Minnesota
Member, American Bar Association’s Advisory Panel
Former Council Member, Minnesota State Bar Association Environmental,
Natural Resources and Energy Section
EDUCATION
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Iowa College of Law, 1996
Editor in chief, Journal of Corporation Law, 1995-1996
B.A., magna cum laude, SUNY College of Environmental Science and
Forestry, 1984
ADMISSIONS
State of Minnesota, 1997
State of Massachusetts, 1996
State of New York, 1997 | 