BOSTON – Mintz is pleased to announce that Environmental Law Chair Jeffrey R. Porter  and ESG Co-chair Jacob Hupart have been named ‘Top Authors’ in their respective fields by JD Supra in its 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards. This annual award recognizes top authors and firms for their thought leadership in key topics and reaching high levels of visibility and engagement.

Jeff boasts over three decades of litigation and transactional experience in environmental law, and his clients, including some of the largest global companies, rely on his counsel to address environmental law issues and deliver legal, political, technical, and risk management solutions. He is widely recognized as one of the top environmental lawyers in the country. Notably, for over 18 years, Mr. Porter has consistently been ranked Band 1 by Chambers USA which says, “Jeff has deep knowledge of environmental law and marries current knowledge with an understanding of the political and policy environment.” Mr. Porter was recently named to Lawdragon’s “Green 500: Leaders In Environmental Law” guide.

Jacob has a multifaceted litigition practice that encompasses complex commercial litigation, securities litigation, including class action claims, as well as white collar criminal defense and regulatory investigations. As Co-Chair of the ESG Practice Group, and a trusted strategic partner to his clients, Jacob excels at advising companies in a multitude of industries on their ESG disclosures and policies and managing the related risk exposure. Jacob’s complex commercial litigation practice encompasses contract disputes, merger-related litigation and business tort claims for a multitude of companies, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 conglomerates. 

Learn more about Mintz’s Environmental Law practice here, and the firm’s ESG practice here.

Read JD Supra’s full Environment list here, and the Securities list here.