Background
Brown, Johnine J. was born on September 8, 1939 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.
Brown, Johnine J. was born on September 8, 1939 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.
University of Connecticut (А.В., summa cum laude, 1961). Illinois Institute of Technology (M South., 1966). University of Chicago (Ph Doctorate., 1974.
Juris Doctor, 1977).
Phi Beta Kappa. Alpha Lambda Delta. Phi Kappa Phi.
Worked at BrownMartin Professional Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Environmental Law and Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Illinois, United States. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois and United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Lambda Delta. Phi Kappa Phi. Author: "Keeping Clean: Avoiding Hazardous Waste Liability," College of Business Administration Record, October 1987.
"Confronting Environmental Liabilities in the Purchase of Industrial Property," BNA Toxics Law Reporter, January 13, 1988, adapted for BNA Insurance and Risk Management, February 16, 1988 as "Caveat Emptor: Landowners" Environmental Liability". "Superfunds and Superliens: Super Problems for Secured Lenders," BNA Toxics Law Reporter, March 16, 1988, reprinted BNA Banking Report, April 4, 1988.
"Counseling Foreign Clients: The Environmental Attorney as Chicken Little," BNA Toxics Law Reporter, April 5, 1989.
"Asbestos in Buildings," BNA Toxics Law Reporter, June 28, 1989. "Environmental Investigations," Chief Financial Officer Magazine, September and October 1989. "Commercial and Office Space Transactions," BNA Environmental Due Diligence Guide, 1992.
"Wading Through the Wetlands Regulations," The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, January 1994.
"What to Do with Mystery Waste," Shopping Center Legal Update, Fall/Winter 1993. "Federal Permits for Marina Development: Controlling the Process," American Society of Civil Engineers Proceedings, June 1994, published The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, January, 1995.
"Progress in Reducing Lender Liability Under Environmental Law," The Bankers Magazine, July/August, 1996. "Major Change in Wetland Regulations," May 1997, "Corps of Engineers Loses on Excavation and Land Clearing," June 1997, Builder/Architect Magazine.
Company-Author, Asbestos Chapter, "Environmental Aspects of Real Estate Transactions," American Bar Association, 1995.
"The Year in Review," American Bar Association, Section on Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law, 1992-1996. Contributor, Illinois Legal Times, 1989. Advisory Board, BNA Environmental Due Diligence and Toxics Law Reporter.
Chicago Bar Association, (Chairman, Environmental Law Committee, 1983-1984.
Secretary, 1981-1982) Member: Illinois State (Editor, Environmental Newsletter, 1985), Seventh Circuit and American (Vice-Chair, Environmental Quality Committee, SONREEL, 1992) Bar Associations. International Council of Shopping Centers (Member, Planning Committee, Annual Law Conference).
BrownMartin Professional Corporation, a women-owned firm, is one of the country"s most prestigious environmental law boutiques. Its principals formerly practiced at large national law firms.
The firm"s attorneys are experienced in handling sophisticated environmental counseling, regulatory compliance (including industrial regulation, historic preservation, wetlands and floodplains), administrative proceedings, enforcement defense, and corporate transactions involving environmental issues and civil and criminal litigation involving environmental issues.
"Keeping Clean: Avoiding Hazardous Waste Liability," CBA Records, October 1987. "Confronting Environmental Liabilities in the Purchase of Industrial Property," BNA Toxics Law Reporter, January 13, 1988, adapted for BNA Insurance and Risk Management, February 16, 1988 as "Caveat Emptor: Landowners’s Environmental Liability". "Superfunds and Superliens: Super Problems for Secured Lenders," BNA Toxics Law Reporter, March 16, 1988, reprinted BNA Banking Report, April 4, 1988.
"Counseling Foreign Clients: The Environmental Attorney as Chicken Little,” BNA Toxics Law Reporter, April 5, 1989. "Asbestos in Buildings," BNA Toxics Law Reporter, June 28, 1989. "Environmental Investigations, Part I: Looking in All the Right Places," CFO Magazine, September 1989.
"Environmental Investigations, Part II: The Dangers of Knowing Too Much," CFO Magazine, October 1989. "Environmental Due Diligence: A Buyers’s Guide," ISBA Environmental Control Law Newsletter, Vol 20, No. 2, December 1989
"Role of Title Company Services in Environmental Investigations," Chicago Title and Trust, Claims Review.
"Superfund Could Slap Land Trustees," "Taking Wetlands Seriously: The Government Catches Up at Last," Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Consultant?" Asbestos Removal: A Really Major Boondoggle," "Taming the Asbestos Monster," Merrill’s Illinois Legal Times.
Chicago Bar Association (Chairman, Environmental Law Committee, 1983-1984. Secretary, 1981-1982. Seminar Chairman, 1982-1983).