Joseph Podlewski has been practicing in the area of environmental law for over twenty years. He handles environmental issues arising in commercial and real estate transactions, and also represents clients on a wide range of contested environmental matters. He has appeared before numerous environmental agencies, and has been an enforcement attorney with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

Mr. Podlewski is past chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Environmental Law Committee. He was appointed to the Governor’s Small Business Environmental Task Force in 1994, and to the Illinois State Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section Council in 2005.

Mr. Podlewski has spoken and written widely on environmental topics, and most recently authored supplements to two chapters appearing in IICLE Practice Handbooks "Environmental Issues in the Landlord-Tenant Relationship," Environmental Law for Transactional Attorneys (2001, Supplement 2005), Commercial Landlord Tenant Practice (2002, Supplement 2005).

Mr. Podlewski is AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

*CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.

Education

• J.D. - IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1978 (with honors); Lead Articles Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review
• B.A. - Northern Illinois University, 1975