Carey S. Rosemarin

Partner

Email : csr@rosemarinlaw.com

     Carey S. Rosemarin graduated from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources in 1972.  He earned his master’s degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1974, and then went to law school for the sole purpose of becoming an environmental lawyer.  He received his law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1978, and has been practicing environmental law ever since.

     After law school Carey worked on power plant siting issues at the famed Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  In 1980, he moved to Chicago and became an enforcement attorney in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s most active region, Region V, covering the rust belt, from Ohio to Minnesota.  There, he prosecuted cases under all of the major federal statutes -  the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (a/k/a Superfund), and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.  He represented U.S.EPA in the first administrative trial under RCRA in Region V.  During this time, he served as Chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association.

     Subsequently, Carey moved to private practice, and continued his career in two of Chicago’s largest law firms. In 1986, he started the environmental practice in the corporate department of Katten Muchin & Zavis (n/k/a Katten Muchin Rosenman).  Later, he migrated to Jenner & Block in Chicago, where he practiced as a partner in the Environmental Department for about ten years.  With his strong background in the environmental law discipline, he decided to establish his own law firm.

     The Law Offices of Carey S. Rosemarin, P.C. opened its doors on December 1, 1999.  Since that time, the firm has helped a wide variety of clients – from individuals to Fortune 100 corporations – resolve their environmental problems.  Carey founded the firm on the belief that he could provide “downtown big firm” quality legal services in the suburbs – at significantly lower rates than his downtown colleagues.  He was correct; the firm has thrived since its inception.

     Carey has earned Martindale–Hubbell’s highest rating, AV.  He has served for several years as a vice-president of the North Suburban Bar Association, and is a member of the environmental committees of the American Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association.  He has been an associate of the Environmental Law Institute for over twenty-five years.  Carey’s bio can be found in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law.  He also sits on the Board of Directors of Congregation Beth Judea in Long Grove, Illinois.