Leopold Touts Return From Obama EPA Legal Positions To ‘Historic’ Claims

October 21, 2020
Matt Leopold, who served almost three years as the Trump EPA’s general counsel before stepping down last month, is touting his work to “reimagine” what he says were erroneous legal positions taken by the Obama administration, saying he strived to return the agency to its “historic positions” on the scope of its statutory and regulatory powers. In an exclusive Oct. 20 interview with Inside EPA , Leopold -- now a partner with the law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth -- said...


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