Albert Meyerhoff, attorney

Albert Meyerhoff has specialized for nearly 30 years in labor, civil rights and environmental law. In 1981, he joined the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

as Director of their Public Health Program. He specialized in litigation concerning toxic substances and occupational health and brought successful challenges to the continued use of cancer-causing pesticides, the exclusion of women of "child-bearing age" from the workplace and the California Governor's failure to comply with Proposition 65, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxics Enforcement law. Mr. Meyerhoff has also testified more than 50 times before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, including in support of comprehensive pesticide reform legislation finally enacted as the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.

He is now a partner with Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, the nation's largest plaintiff's class action law firm, and he specializes in labor, human rights and environmental litigation.

Mr Meyerhoff has authored numerous articles for scholarly and general publications including the Stanford Law Review, EPA Journal, Environmental Law Quarterly, New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times; he has been an invited speaker at the Harvard Business School, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Sciences and the AFL-CIO.

Mr Meyerhoff received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Connecticut in 1969 and his Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School in 1972. He serves as a member of the Sierra Club Board of Trustees and the editorial board of Mother Jones magazine.

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Albert Meyerhoff
Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach
355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4170
Los Angeles, CA 90071