Kevin J. Garber
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Practice Areas
Kevin Garber is a shareholder in the Environmental and Energy and Natural Resources groups of Babst Calland, practicing out of the firm’s Pittsburgh and State College offices. Mr. Garber concentrates much of his practice in the areas of natural resources law and water law. He represents mining and oil and gas companies, including those developing unconventional gas reserves, on a broad range of environmental issues including permitting, water supply and treatment and resource development. Mr. Garber has extensive environmental litigation experience representing clients before the Environmental Hearing Board in Pennsylvania and in trial and appellate courts. In administrative proceedings, he has represented clients challenging permits, contesting civil penalties and compliance orders, and defending against challenges brought by citizens’ groups, among other matters. Mr. Garber regularly counsels oil and gas production, midstream, storage and transportation companies on federal, state and local environmental regulations affecting their operations, and he negotiates environmental provisions in transactions involving natural resources. He counsels mining clients on a wide range of environmental matters affecting the mining industry, such as water and air permits, bonding and treatment trusts. Mr. Garber also regularly handles NPDES permitting matters and appeals; defends citizens’ suits under the federal Clean Water Act and similar state laws; and represents landowners and others with respect to groundwater protection issues. He leads the firm’s municipal environmental services practice area in which a substantial part of his practice concentrates on sewage facility planning and permitting, storm water management and related development issues facing developers, municipalities and municipal authorities. He serves as special environmental counsel to many municipalities, authorities and developers in western Pennsylvania.
Mr. Garber’s practice also covers the cleanup and redevelopment of industrial sites under federal and state hazardous waste and brownfields laws. In Pennsylvania, for example, he regularly counsels clients in the purchase, sale and cleanup of property using Act 2 to address environmental concerns. He also conducts and reviews environmental audits of various types of industrial, commercial and mining properties for buyers, sellers, lenders and trustees, and negotiates environmental provisions of transactions, contracts and deeds.
In addition, Mr. Garber also practices intellectual property law. He is a registered patent attorney and prosecutes trademark applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Professional Memberships
Mr. Garber is a member of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations, and has served on the Council of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Environmental, Mineral and Natural Resources Law Section. Mr. Garber is a past Chairman of the Environmental Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association.
Mr. Garber is an adjunct professor of law at the Duquesne University School of Law where he teaches courses in environmental law and litigation and is an adjunct faculty member in the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Duquesne University where he teaches courses on environmental law and policy in the graduate school. He serves on the Advisory Committee to the Duquesne University Center for Environmental Research and Education.
Mr. Garber serves on the boards of directors of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the 3 Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Program, an Allegheny County non-profit entity which is helping to coordinate a regional response to wet weather water quality issues in the County. He is a former board member and past chairman and president of the Board of Directors of the Allegheny Land Trust, and a former board member of the Local Government Academy.
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Mr. Garber is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and various federal courts and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Education
Pennsylvania State University
B.S.
1974 - 1978
University of Wisconsin
M.S.
1978 - 1981
University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D.
1981 - 1983
Duquesne University School of Law
J.D.
1983 - 1987
Awards
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2005
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2006
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2007
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2008
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2009
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2010
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2011
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2012
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2013
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2014
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2015
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2016
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2017
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2018
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2019
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2020
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2021
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2022
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2011
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2012
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2013
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2014
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2015
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2016
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2017
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2018
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2019
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2020
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2021
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2022
Energy Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2013
Energy Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2014
Energy Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2015
Energy Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2016
Energy Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2017
Energy Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2018
Energy Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2019
Energy Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2020
Energy Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2021
Energy Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2022
Natural Resources Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2013
Natural Resources Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2014
Natural Resources Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2015
Natural Resources Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2016
Natural Resources Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2017
Natural Resources Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2018
Natural Resources Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2019
Natural Resources Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2020
Natural Resources Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2021
Natural Resources Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2022
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2007
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2008
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2009
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2010
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2011
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2012
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2013
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2014
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2015
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2016
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2017
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2018
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2019
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2020
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2021
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2022
Energy Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Best Lawyers®
2014
Energy Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Best Lawyers®
2017
Energy Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Best Lawyers®
2020
Environmental Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Best Lawyers®
2021
Natural Resources Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Best Lawyers®
2016
Natural Resources Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Best Lawyers®
2019
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2005
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2006
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2007
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2008
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2009
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2010
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2011
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2012
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2013
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2014
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2015
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2016
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2017
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2018
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2019
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2020
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Thomson Reuters
2023
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2023
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2023
Energy Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2023
Natural Resources Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2023
Litigation - Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2023
Energy Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2024
Environmental Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2024
Litigation – Environmental Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2024
Natural Resources Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2024
Water Law Section
The Best Lawyers of America©
2024
Natural Resources Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Best Lawyers of America©
2024
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