Anne E. Viner

Ms. Viner is an environmental and construction attorney with 30 years of experience representing corporate clients in a broad range of matters, including federal and state litigation, regulatory compliance, permitting and operational issues, and transactions. Anne is a partner and co-founder of Corporate Law Partners, a law firm with offices in Chicago and Minneapolis. Prior to founding Corporate Law Partners, Anne was in-house General Counsel and Director of Environmental Risk Management at WCD Group, a national environmental risk management consulting firm. 

Anne has extensive experience at the intersection of real estate, construction and environmental law and has advised manufacturers, consultants, developers, financial institutions, and other clients regarding the risks and impact of environmental issues on transactions, investments, and other strategic initiatives. Ms. Viner is known for her proactive approach to the complex issues involved in the redevelopment of challenging Brownfields sites across the United States. As an experienced negotiator and litigator, she takes a proactive approach to the resolution of environmental issues and understands how to mitigate the risks involved for all stakeholders.

In her career, Anne has prosecuted and defended a number of environmental disputes (including class actions) on behalf of manufacturing clients in a wide range of industries. She has represented Superfund potentially responsible parties (PRPs) and has served as common counsel for a CERCLA PRP group with respect to remedy negotiations with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, implementation of landfill remedies, operations and maintenance activities, allocation determinations and contribution litigation. Anne has advised clients in the manufacturing, chemical, fuel and other industries on regulatory, compliance and day-to-day operational issues.