IN The Trumpian world, as climate-change debates grow more heated—much like the planet—and the divide between energy lawyers and environmental advocates becomes deeper, a few idealistic Big Law lawyers may be tempted to switch sides. Perhaps because they love the outdoors. Or because they see a connection between rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and rising global temperatures.
But when it comes to jettisoning an energy practice at a corporate law firm and trying to join an organization that advocates for environmental causes, the chances of success are narrow. “There are a lot of trust issues that arise,” says Lucy Deakins, a partner in Denver’s Dunsing & Deakins and a former associate for Fulbright & Jaworski (now Norton Rose Fulbright) who has tried but so far failed to make such a transition.
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