Harvey Sheldon

Harvey Sheldon is a partner with the law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP.  Mr. Sheldon has been engaged in the private practice of law, concentrating in environmental law, for more than 40 years, primarily on behalf of business clients. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Amherst College. Mr. Sheldon is a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, based in Chicago, where he concentrates on environmental law issues. He has been designated by peer vote as a “Leading Lawyer,” “Leading Attorney,” and “Super Lawyer,” and has held an “AV” ratingfrom Martindale-Hubbell over 30 years. He was the regional counsel for the United States EPA, Region 5, and the Chief ofthe Illinois Attorney General’s Environmental Bureau before that. He has taught environmental law at both Loyola University and John Marshall Law Schools. Respecting water law generally,Mr. Sheldon has advised clients on common law and statutory water rights, has litigated over water uses and discharges to water, and has negotiated statutory changes respecting water laws in Illinois and other states.