Justin Savage

Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

Band 1

Environment

District of Columbia

9 Years Ranked

Band 3

Transportation: Road (Automotive)

USA - Nationwide

3 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Justin Savage

USA

Practice Areas

JUSTIN SAVAGE is global co-leader of the firm’s Environmental, Health, and Safety practice and leads the Automotive and Mobility sector team. Justin focuses on high-stakes environmental, health, and safety litigation and strategic counseling, including government enforcement actions, internal investigations, and rulemaking challenges. Justin is recognized for “his litigation and trial prowess in major environmental cases” and his “understanding of regulators’ viewpoints” (2017) by Chambers USA, which has ranked him for Environment in District of Columbia (2017–2024) and Transport: Road (Automotive) in USA – Nationwide (2023–2024). Other market recognitions include receiving the Law360 “MVP” Award (2018, 2024) and the National Law Journal’s “Energy & Environment Trailblazer” (2021).

Justin’s clients concentrate in heavily regulated industries, including auto and mobility, energy, refining, chemicals, wood products, and mining. Justin litigates and counsels across the spectrum of U.S. environmental, transportation, and administrative laws, including the Clean Air Act (Title I, mobile sources, and fuels), climate change, incident response, RMP, NHTSA, Clean Water Act, CSB investigations, TSCA, CERCLA, RCRA, APA claims, FOIA litigation, NEPA, and the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the USA

Environment - District of Columbia

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Justin Savage, a distinguished attorney and global co-leader of Sidley Austin's environmental practice, specializes in environmental litigation and strategic counseling for clients facing regulatory challenges in highly regulated sectors such as automotive, energy, chemicals and mining.

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Transportation: Road (Automotive) - USA - Nationwide

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Justin Savage is the global leader of the firm's automotive and mobility group. He is noted for his extensive experience representing companies, boards and senior executives in litigation, enforcement, investigations and compliance matters.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Justin is an excellent litigator. He is strategically clever and creative. He was attentive, thoughtful and went above and beyond.