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M. Dwayne Johnson

Partner

Dwayne Johnson is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 1986 and represents local, national and international energy and industrial clients in all aspects of environmental law. Dwayne represents clients in connection with air and water issues, solid waste issues, hazardous waste issues, USTs, wetlands, remediation under Superfund/RECAP, release reporting, incident response, and all facets of environmental permitting and enforcement.

He has extensive experience in complex settlement agreements in class action and Superfund litigation, financial responsibility mechanisms, regulatory and legislative negotiations, compliance counselling and permitting. In the corporate arena, Dwayne assists clients in due diligence with regard to mergers and acquisitions and environmental issues in contracts.

Education

Dwayne earned his J.D. from the LSU Law Center in 1983. He is a member of the LSU Law Center Hall of Fame and the Order of the Coif. He served as Senior Associate Editor for the Louisiana Law Review. He earned his B.S. from Louisianan State University in 1978.

Admissions

  • Admitted, Louisiana, 1983

Memberships

  • Baton Rouge, Louisiana State (Council Member, Secretary/Treasurer, Vice Chairman, Chairman, Environmental Law Section), American (Section of Environment, Energy, and Resource; Land and Natural Resources Section) Bar Associations
  • Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants

Articles, Publications and Presentations

Environmental Notes, July 2008
Environmental Notes, April 2005
Environmental Notes, April 2004
TMDLs for Louisiana Waterbodies


Community Service

  • Member, Board of Directors, Secretary, Capital City Kiwanis Club of Baton Rouge
  • Council Member, Secretary/Treasurer, Vice Chairman, Chairman, Environmental Law Section, Louisiana State Bar Association

Education

J.D., Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 1983

B.S., Louisiana State University, 1978

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Louisiana, 1983

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

Baton Rouge Bar Association

Louisiana State Bar Association
Environmental Law Section

American Bar Association
Section of Environment, Energy, and Resource; Land and Natural Resources Section

Louisiana Certified Public Accountants

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