Author Description
Sam Kalen works to resolve complex legal issues involving the nation’s environmental and natural resource laws and regulatory policy. Working in both the private and public sectors, Mr. Kalen has dealt with numerous cutting-edge matters involving endangered species, water quality, water rights, public lands, onshore minerals, and wetlands policy. Mr. Kalen rejoined Van Ness Feldman in 1996 after serving as an attorney in the Solicitor’s Office at the Department of the Interior, working first as a special assistant to the Associate Solicitor for the Division of Energy and Resources and then as a special assistant to the Associate Solicitor for the Division of Land & Water. Mr. Kalen received his J.D. from the Washington University School of Law in 1984. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the State of Illinois.
