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Click here to register for DAY ONE of the Environmental Law Forum 2025.
Click here to register for DAY TWO of the Environmental Law Forum 2025.

The camaraderie lives on at the PBA Environmental & Energy Law Section's Annual Dinner, immediately following the reception after the Environmental Law Forum on Wednesday evening, April 9, 2025.

It's the social event of the year for environmental lawyers!

Register today to reserve your seat for great food, good times, exceptional networking. Indulge in an evening of culinary delights as we transition to buffet style dining! Choose from a variety of chef-inspired main courses, seasonal vegetables, hearty grains, and salads, and save room for a dessert (or two!)

Join the Section in Honoring the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Raise a glass with colleagues to toast Anderson Lee Hartzell, former Regional Chief Counsel for PA DEP’s Southeast Regional Office, and this year’s recipient of the Section's Environmental Law Lifetime Achievement Award.

Known affectionately by his friends as Andy, Anderson Lee Hartzell joined DEP in January 1988 after serving a clerkship with the Honorable Madeline Palladino of Commonwealth Court. Though he spent the majority of his time at DEP counseling the Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields and Waste Management Programs, his impact at DEP was much broader than that. During his 35+ year tenure as an attorney at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, he was at the forefront of mentoring attorneys-both inside and outside DEP---on how to practice environmental law in an exemplary fashion. It was not uncommon to see him taking other attorneys out to lunch and to exemplify the camaraderie for which the Section is known. He also frequently advised other DEP lawyers on high-stakes litigation before the Environmental Hearing Board based on his own deep experience.  He ended his career as Regional Chief Counsel for the Department's Southeast Regional Office in Norristown, where he oversaw the counseling and litigation services for DEP's regulatory programs spanning Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties. 

Andy also dedicated a tremendous amount of time to further the goals of the PBA Environmental and Energy Law Section. During his tenure as Chair of the Section in 2017 and 2018, he led the initiative to expand Section programs beyond the typical hubs of Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh.  His leadership embodied the ideals of the Section, outlined in the Section's Bylaws, "to improve the law and its operation, including by supporting education," "to provide a forum for the exchange of views among members of the Section with Federal, State, and Municipal agencies," and "to provide opportunities for the development of friendship and understanding among environmental and energy lawyers."

We are happy to work with you to accommodate dietary restrictions. Please contact PBI in advance to make these arrangements.

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Cost:

• $45: PBA EEL Section Members (The discount code will be made available through the section.)
• $65: Non Members