BE     WILLIAM EUBANKS, PARTNER
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     Washington, DC 20009
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William S. Eubanks II joined Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal in 2008 after obtaining his Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Environmental Law, summa cum laude, from Vermont Law School.  In 2007, Bill obtained his J.D., magna cum laude, from North Carolina Central University School of Law where he was a member of the Law Review and founding President of the Environmental Law Society.  In 2004, Bill obtained his B.A. in United States History and English Literature & Composition from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is licensed to practice law in North Carolina and the District of Columbia, and has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the First, Fourth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits. 

 Since joining MGC, Bill has been involved in litigation under the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Park Service Organic Act, Freedom of Information Act, and other statutes.  Cases on which he has worked include challenging oil spill response strategies harming sea turtles, garnering protections for Indiana bats from an industrial wind energy project, obtaining agency records regarding federal financing of coal-fired power facilities, forcing a reconsideration of critical habitat for the California Tiger Salamander, reducing off-road vehicle use in Big Cypress National Preserve, and co-authoring several amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court on standing and remedies in environmental cases involving climate change, genetically modified crops, and naval sonar use.

Bill serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Vermont Law School, where he teaches a course each summer on the ecological and public health impacts of agricultural policy and food systems.  He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at American University’s Washington College of Law, where he teaches a course on environmental law, food systems, and farm policy.

His previous experience includes legal internships at the Conservation Law Foundation and the Southern Environmental Law Center.

Some of Bill’s publications include Paying the Farm Bill: How One Statute Has Radically Degraded the Natural Environment and How a Newfound Emphasis on Sustainability Is the Key to Reviving the Ecosystem, 27 Envtl. Forum 56 (July 2010); The Sustainable Farm Bill: A Proposal for Permanent Environmental Change, 39 Envtl. L. Rep. 10493 (2009); Damage Done? The Status of NEPA After Winter v. NRDC and Answers to Lingering Questions Left Open by the Court, 33 Vt. L. Rev. 649 (2009); A Rotten System: Subsidizing Environmental Degradation and Poor Public Health with Our Nation’s Tax Dollars, 28 Stanford Envtl. L. J. 213 (2009); The Clean Air Act’s New Source Review Program: Beneficial to Public Health or Merely a Smoke-and-Mirrors Scheme?, 29 Land Resources & Envtl. L. 361 (2009), reprinted in Energy Conservation and Law 168 (Amicus Books of ICFAI University 2010); Filling the Void: Judicial Analysis of Wildlife Impacts in a Post-Winter World, American Bar Association T.I.P.S., Animal Law Committee (2009); North Carolina’s Durational Residency Requirement for In-State Tuition: Violating the Constitution’s Inherent Right to Travel, 1 Charlotte L. Rev. 199 (2009); The Life-Altering Impacts of Climate Change: The Precipitous Decline of the Northeastern Sugar Maple and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative’s Potential Solution, 17 Penn St. Envtl. L. Rev. 81 (2008), reprinted in 2 Int'l J. of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses 1 (2010); Environmental Justice for All? The Navy’s Recent Failure to Protect North Carolina’s Citizens, 30 N.C. Cent. L. Rev. 206 (2008).