Green new color for up-and-coming lawyers
The renewable energy industry boom is expected to create much-needed jobs for electricians and construction workers in Nevada.
And the green push already is putting more lawyers to work.
Every Public Utilities Commission filing and Bureau of Land Management application is backed by not just a team of engineers and businesspeople but 
also lawyers with expertise in energy regulations, local and national land use provisions and environmental protection laws.
They call themselves environmental lawyers and their ranks are growing.
Several corporate law firms in the state have expanded their environmental law practices or reassigned lawyers from less-active practices.
Although many real estate and transactional lawyers in Nevada have been laid off in the past year and a half, those with training in energy regulatory law or renewable energy issues are finding work at the states’ biggest firms.
