Elliott Laws

Elliott Laws is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Crowell & Moring, where he is co-chair of the firm's Environment & Natural Resources Group and is a member of the Government Affairs Group. He provides strategic counseling and legal, policy, and crisis management advice on environmental and energy policy issues.

In 2011 he was appointed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to serve as Administrative Trustee for the environmental response trust (Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response or “RACER” Trust) established by the U.S. Government to clean up and repurpose for redevelopment the former properties of "Old" General Motors Corp.

Mr. Laws previously served as president of safety, health, and environment for Texaco Inc. He worked as an assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, responsible for regulatory and policy development and implementation for solid and hazardous waste management. Previously, he was a Justice Department and EPA attorney and a Manhattan Assistant District Attorney.

Mr. Laws has a bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University and earned his law degree from Georgetown University.