Profile
Matt Ward joined the firm as Of Counsel in November 2006, and works in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Ward focuses on providing localities, green technology companies, and non-profit organizations with legal and government affairs services to help revitalize communities and find innovative solutions in the areas of community and economic development, brownfields revitalization and smart growth, public works and infrastructure, transportation, water resources, permitting, clean energy, and clean air projects. Mr. Ward also is a principal with The Ferguson Group (TFG), which he joined in 2005. Prior to joining TFG, Mr. Ward was a partner at the Washington, D.C. law firm Spiegel & McDiarmid, where he provided legal and lobbying advocacy to communities for more than a decade. He has served as counsel and project manager to the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals. He recently served on a federal advisory committee convened by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create the rules for the national brownfield program.
Mr. Ward is admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia. He served for eight years as an elected councilman for the City of Charles Town, WV and for five years on the Jefferson County and City of Charles Town planning commissions.
Areas of Practice Emphasis
Community and environmental issues with focus on Clean Air Act; brownfields and CERCLA; federal statutory and regulatory advocacy.
Prior Positions
Partner, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, DC., 2002-2005
Associate Attorney, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, D.C., 1994-2002
Education
University of Virginia (J.D., 1994)
American University (B.A., 1991)
Bar Admissions
State Bar of District of Columbia, 1995.
State Bar of Commonwealth of Virginia, 1994.PublicationsWard, Clean Communities on the Move (Publication for the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (2006).
Ward, Unlocking Brownfields: Keys to Community Revitalization (Publication for the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals and the Northeast-Midwest Institute (2004).
Smart Growth is Smart Business (Publication for the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals and the Smart Growth Leadership Institute (2004).
Smart Growth for Clean Water (Publication for the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals and the Trust for Public Land (2003).
Recycling America's Gas Stations: The Value and Promise of Revitalizing Petroleum Contaminated
Properties (Publication for the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals and the Northeast-Midwest Institute (2002).
Profiles of Local Clean Air Innovation: Empowering Communities to Meet the Air Quality Challenges of
the 21st Century (Publication for the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (2000).
Profiles of Business Leadership on Smart Growth: New Partnerships Demonstrate the Economic Benefits of
Reducing Sprawl (Publication for the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (1999).
Ward, National Incentives for Smart Growth Communities (Published by American Bar Association, Natural Resources & Environment. Volume 13, No. 1, Summer 1998).
Ward, Clean Air on the Horizon? The Need for New Tools for Local Governments to Meet National Air Quality Objectives (Published by Municipal Lawyer, Volume 39, No. 2, March/April 1998).
Ward, Building a Brownfields Partnership from the Ground Up: Local Government Views on the Value and Promise of National Brownfields Initiatives (Publication for the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (1997).
Ward, Project XL: An Alternate Path for Environmental Leaders (Published in 1997 Wiley Environmental Law Update, Carole Stern & Christian Volz, eds.).
Ward, Project XL for Communities: An Alternative Path to Environmental Compliance (Published in Municipal Lawyer, Volume 36, No. 6, November/December 1996).
Presentations- Moderator and Speaker, U.S. EPA National Brownfields Conference, Freeing the Mothballed Brownfields Properties, November 2006.
- Panelist, U.S. EPA National Brownfields Conference, The New All Appropriate Inquires Rule, November 2005.
- Panelist, Annual Conference of the Association of State and Tribal Waste Management Officials, The New All Appropriate Inquiries Rule, May 2005.
- Speaker, Council for Excellence in Government seminar, Environmental Innovation, May 2004.
- Speaker, Michigan Municipal Electric Associations, Environmental Update, annual conferences from 2000-2007.
- Moderator and Speaker, International Municipal Lawyers Association, Mid-Year Seminar, Local Governments & EPA Coordination, April 10, 2005.
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