Mark Landa Honored for Excellence in Law

    DES MOINES, IA, January 27, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Mark Landa, Shareholder of Sullivan & Ward, P.C., has been recognized for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in environmental law.

Prior to his association with Sullivan & Ward, P.C., from May 1980 to October 1981, Mr. Landa was a staff attorney with Legal Aid of North Dakota. From October 1981 to November 1982, he was a staff attorney for the Iowa Bureau of Labor principally as an OSHA prosecutor. In addition to his work as an OSHA prosecutor, he litigated wage and hour cases for the Bureau. From November 1982 to February 1992, he was a staff attorney with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, practicing exclusively in the area of environmental law; primarily in the air quality, hazardous and solid waste, underground storage tanks, superfund, and water quality program areas. Mr. Landa has more than 30 years of experience practicing environmental law in Iowa.

Since 1992, Mr. Landa has directed the activities of the Regulatory Compliance Group which was established by a consortium of Iowa's rural electric generation and transmission and distribution cooperatives to meet their collective environmental, safety, transportation, emergency response, storm recovery under the FEMA Public Assistance program and hazard mitigation grant program regulatory needs.

Mr. Landa has 35 years of professional experience, with 22 years as a shareholder of Sullivan & Ward, P.C. Mr. Landa represents a diverse clientele, including companies and individuals in the mining, mineral processing, land development, agricultural processing, and publishing industries, and he represents numerous governmental bodies on matters of environmental and regulatory compliance, including sanitary landfills, airports and Sanitary Districts. He also advises clients on employment-related matters including hiring, disciplinary and termination practices, and drug and alcohol testing in compliance with state and federal laws.

Mr. Landa became licensed to practice law in the states of Iowa and North Dakota in 1981. He earned a JD from Drake University in 1980, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of St. Thomas in 1976, and an Associate of Art from Vermillion Community College in 1974. He was recently inducted into Worldwide Registry and also maintains affiliation with the Polk County Bar Association and the Iowa State Bar Association.

For more information about Sullivan & Ward, P.C., visit http://www.sullivan-ward.com.

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