Kevin Desharnais

Kevin Desharnais

Chicago, IL recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025
Dickinson Wright PLLC

170 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Environmental Law

Biography

Kevin Desharnais, an environmental litigator and counselor with over two decades of experience, advises clients on environmental matters covering all environmental media, including such areas as air and water permitting and enforcement, hazardous waste management, Superfund liability, and remediation of contaminated sites. He has represented clients in numerous federal and state court proceedings and administrative tribunals, defended clients against citizen enforcement suits, and negotiated resolutions of permitting and enforcement disputes with administrative agencies across the country.

Kevin also has broad experience advising clients regarding environmental due diligence and the allocation of environmental liabilities in corporate and real estate transactions. He also has extensive experience advising clients with regard to environmental due diligence in the development of renewable energy projects, including compliance with NEPA and state equivalent statutes, endangered species and migratory bird impacts, and wetland issues.

Dickinson Wright PLLC

170 Best Lawyers awards

Dickinson Wright PLLC logo

Overview

  • Pace University, J.D., graduated 1992
  • Pace University, J.D., graduated 1992

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Environmental Law

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