Marc Mihaly

Professor Marc Mihaly, one of the nation’s leading environmental law attorneys, was a visiting distinguished professor of environmental law from public interest practice at the Law School in 2004–05. A member of the regular Vermont Law School faculty since 2005, Professor Mihaly served as acting associate dean of environmental programs and acting director of the Environmental Law Center in 2005–06 during Associate Dean Karin Sheldon's sabbatical. Professor Mihaly is an expert in the areas of land use, urban planning, and energy law and policy. He will teach Advanced Land Use Law and Energy Law in 2006–07.

Professor Mihaly received his BA degree from Harvard College and, after service in the Peace Corps, received his JD degree from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, where he was editor in chief of the Ecology Law Quarterly. He then served with the environmental unit of the California Attorney General's Office and with the San Mateo County Legal Aid Society. Professor Mihaly cofounded Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger (San Francisco) in 1980 and served as its managing partner for 17 years. His practice has included three decades of trial and appellate litigation practice on behalf of governments and community-based organizations on environmental issues. Professor Mihaly developed the firm’s low-income housing practice, initiated the energy practice, and focused on all aspects of growth limitation. He has provided advice and counsel to state, regional, and local governments as well as specialized environmental agencies on all aspects of environmental law. His work has included the design of sophisticated regulatory regimes to regulate development and to secure public benefits through private development. He advises environmental regulators on government law issues relating to the form and structure of their regulatory programs.