Malcolm is well-versed in a wide range of complex environmental law issues. Clients appreciate his forward-looking, practical approach to solving problems. Malcolm has developed a sophisticated practice covering a wide variety of environmental laws and statutes, and is always ready to assist clients, whether it be with air quality and product/chemical safety or environmental auditing and due diligence. He has gained a broad perspective of the numerous challenges facing companies operating in California, developing particularly in-depth knowledge of California's air quality laws, Proposition 65 and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), as well as valuable insights on climate change and contaminated properties issues specific to California's legal market.

He also represents clients on issues such as facility permitting and closure, emissions trading, environmental insurance and consumer product safety matters.

Malcolm's clients appreciate his business-savvy approach to helping them secure permitting to build or modify facilities, navigate rulemaking processes, understand and comply with complex regulatory programs, conduct emissions trades (including carbon), challenge agency enforcement actions and defend against citizen suits. His advice to clients helps them resolve disputes, understand environmental laws and plan confidently for the future.

His clients include large and small companies in the energy, oil, industrial minerals, manufacturing, aerospace, real estate, automotive, hospitality, and financial sectors and trade associations.

Malcolm began his career at the US Environmental Protection Agency's headquarters in Washington, DC. He left EPA to co-found AER*X, the nation's first emissions trading consulting and brokerage firm assisting clients to monetize environmental credits. Subsequently, Malcolm opened AER*X/RMT's (an environmental and engineering consulting firm) first California office to more effectively and efficiently service client needs.

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Education
JD, Lewis and Clark, Northwestern School of Law, Honors Certificate, Environmental and Natural Resources Law, 1982

BA, Environmental Studies and Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1979