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 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 B.S. from Louisiana State University in 1978 and 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.

Admissions

• Admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana.

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.

Community Service

• Member, Board of Directors, Secretary, Capital City Kiwanis Club of Baton Rouge.

Articles, Publications and Presentations

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