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Timothy J. Hagerty

Member

Timothy J. Hagerty is a Member of Frost Brown Todd LLC. He counsels the Firm's clients on environmental compliance, liability, and litigation issues arising under federal, state, and local laws, with an emphasis on natural resources law.

Mr. Hagerty assists clients in obtaining wetlands and wastewater discharge permits and related approvals under the federal Clean Water Act and similar state and local laws. He has extensive experience assisting public and private clients in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related resource review requirements. Mr. Hagerty provides advice to clients concerning the requirements of the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.

Mr. Hagerty has both provided compliance counseling and represented clients in litigation concerning major electric transmission line and petroleum pipeline projects, large-scale residential and commercial developments, and major highway and transit projects throughout the country. He also has counseled the firm’s mining industry clients in various matters arising under federal environmental laws, and he recently represented a major coal company in federal litigation regarding the regulation of surface mining under the Clean Water Act.

Mr. Hagerty also assists the Firm's clients in conducting environmental due diligence, negotiating environmental provisions in complex corporate and real estate transactions, and addressing property contamination issues.

Before joining Frost Brown Todd, Mr. Hagerty practiced environmental law with Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., in Washington, D.C.

Louisville

Practice Areas
Industries
Concentration
  • Natural Resources and Water Law
Education
  • University of Louisville
    BA, 1991
    summa cum laude
    Woodcock Medalist (Top graduate in College of Arts & Sciences)

    Yale Law School
    J.D., 1994
    Senior Editor, Yale Law Journal

Bar Memberships
  • American Bar Association
  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • Louisville Bar Association
  • District of Columbia Bar Association
Courts
  • Kentucky, 1994
    District of Columbia, 1996
    U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky
    U.S. Courts of Appeals, Fourth and Sixth Circuits