Presenter

George Frampton

Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner

George T. Frampton, Jr. is a partner in the law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP. He joined the Washington, D.C. office of the firm in 2001, and is now resident in New York. His areas of practice include complex litigation, white-collar criminal defense, and environmental and energy corporate strategy.Mr. Frampton is also associated with Pegasus Capital Advisers, a private equity firm which is currently (1) discussing with a strategic partner managing an alternative energy fund whose LPs would be state pension funds and that would close in September 2006, and (2) raising its fourth general private equity/LBO fund, Pegasus IV, which will have as one of its interests purchasing small and mid-cap private companies in the environmental efficiency space including companies in the value chain of energy efficiency, carbon reduction and trading, emissions reduction, recycling, remediation, waste reduction and water purification. From 1998-2001, Mr. Frampton was Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). As such he was the President’s principal advisor on environmental policy matters, and directed the White House environmental policy group of approximately two-dozen professionals.In 1997-98, he served as Corporate Advisor to Earth Satellite Corporation, Bethesda, MD; represented Vice President Al Gore as his personal attorney in connection with the Justice Department’s preliminary investigation into possible fundraising violations; and served as “Of Counsel” to the Boies firm in connection with representing the Republic of France relating to matters in the United States concerning Credit Lyonnais. From 1993-97, Mr. Frampton was Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks. In this position, he was responsible for supervising the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; chaired a number of government-wide major regional initiatives within the Clinton Administration including restoration of the Florida Everglades Ecosystem and distribution of funds from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Fund; and led efforts to negotiate land-management agreements with state and local governments and large private landowners to protect sensitive habitats. In his work at the Interior Department and later as Chair of CEQ, Mr. Frampton supervised or conducted a number of major negotiations for the purchase of land from private owners including approximately $ 400 million of forest and coastal lands from Alaskan Native corporations, and the acquisition by the US Forest Service of the 100,000-acre Baca Ranch in northern New Mexico for $ 103 million. From 1986-1993, Mr. Frampton was President of The Wilderness Society, a non-profit advocacy and research group based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1935, with a membership that grew to 400,000 members during Mr. Frampton’s tenure, The Society focuses on issues relating to the management and use of federal lands and natural resources.From 1976-1985, Mr. Frampton was affiliated with the Washington, D.C. litigation firm of Rogovin, Huge & Lenzner, where he specialized in major litigation and various special projects and investigations undertaken while he was a partner in the firm.

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