Joel D. Eagle

• "PFAS Development and Strategies: Ounces of Prevention or Pounds of Cure?," Air & Waste Management Association, EM Magazine, June 2021
• “EPA Issues Proposed Rule for HFC Phasedown Under 2020 AIM Act,” Thompson Hine Environmental Update, May 2021
• "U.S. EPA Reaffirms Commitment to Environmental Self-Disclosure Audit Policy with Updated FAQ,” Washington Legal Foundation, March 2021
• Quoted in "Environmental law complex, crucial to healthy society," Cleveland Jewish News, August 11, 2020
• “Enviro Settlements Offer Solution To Growing Citizen Suit Risk,” Law360, June 2020
• “U.S. EPA Issues Guidance for Temporary Enforcement Discretion During COVID-19 Pandemic,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, March 2020
• "PFAS Regulation and Sampling Continue to Heat Up," Chemical Industry Regulatory Update, January 2020
• "PFAS Regulatory & Legislative Actions Update," Thompson Hine Environmental Update, January 2020
• “Ohio EPA and Department of Health Issue PFAS Action Plan for 2020 Implementation,” Thompson Hine Environmental Update, December 2019
• "Governor DeWine Orders State Agencies to Develop PFAS Action Plan for Drinking Water Sampling in Ohio," Thompson Hine Environmental Update, October 2019
• “EPA Unveils PFAS Chemical Action Plan: Drinking Water and Environmental Remediation Impacts,” Thompson Hine Environmental Update, February 2019
• "'eDisclosure' of EPA Violations: Weighing Pros, Cons," Bureau of National Affairs, Daily Environment Report, July 2016
• “EPA Launches eDisclosure System,” Thompson Hine Environmental Update, January 2016
• “EPA to Modernize Audit Policies with eDisclosure System,” Thompson Hine Environmental Update, June 2015
• “Fractured High Court Issues Limited Ruling in Ohio Oil and Gas Preemption Case,” Washington Legal Foundation, Vol. 24, No. 4, March 2015
• “EPA Recommends New ASTM Phase I Standard in Final AAI Rule Amendment,” Thompson Hine Environmental Update, January 2014
• “Ohio Court Limits Localities’ Authority Over Energy Exploration," Washington Legal Foundation, Vol. 22, No. 8, June 2013
• "CERCLA Liability Defense After Supreme Court's Burlington Northern Decision," Defense Research Institute: For The Defense, 2009
• "The Diminishing Role of Science in CERCLA After Burlington Northern & Santa Fe," Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Environment Reporter, Vol. 21, 2009
• "Litigation and Regulation: The Uncertain Future of Atrazine," Defense Research Institute: The Voice feature article, Vol. 8, Issue 44, 2009
• "A Well of a Problem: The Legacy of Carbon Tetrachloride in U.S. Groundwater," Bureau of National Affairs, Environment Reporter, Vol. 38, 2007
• "Divine Intervention: Re-examining the Act of God Defense in a Post-Katrina World," 82 Chicago-Kent L., Rev. 549, 2007

• Panelist, "PFAS Compounds and the Toxics Release Inventory - New Reporting Obligations from the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020," TRC Webinars, April 22, 2021
• Regular contributor to Thompson Hine's Environmental L.A.W.S podcast
• “Regulatory Update – The First 100 Days: Environmental Law in the Biden Administration,” ASC Regulatory Affairs Update, April 2021
• “PFAS-ten your Seatbelt: Strategies for Responding to the Fast-Moving Regulation of PFAS Compounds,” International Association of Defense Counsel, Midyear Meeting, February 2021
• "Insights on Environmental Shifts Under the Biden Administration (CERCLA, PFAS and Mobile Sources)," Thompson Hine Webinar, January 26, 2021
• “Beyond NAFTA: Navigating the Impact of USMCA – Labor & Environmental Protections,” Thompson Hine Virtual Roundtable, June 2020
• “Environmental Compliance in a COVID-19 World: Best Practices and Risk Mitigation Strategies,” Thompson Hine Webinar, June 2020
• “PFAS Water Permitting & Compliance Strategies: Tips and Updates to Address the Complex and Ubiquitous Priority Emerging Contaminants,” Manufacturers’ Education Council, 29th Annual Environmental Permitting in Ohio Conference, July 2019
• “PFAS-ten your Seatbelt: Strategies for Responding to the Fast-Moving Regulation of PFAS Compounds,” Ohio State Bar Association, 34th Annual Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Law Seminar, March 2019
• “Prioritize, Incentivize, Revitalize: U.S. EPA's Ongoing Quest to Reform the Superfund Program,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, July 2018

• Awarded the Rising Star for Environment by Euromoney’s International Financial Law Review (IFLR), 2021
• Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^© 2021 in the field of Environmental Law
• CALI Award for Excellence in Torts
• CALI Award for Excellence in Legal Writing
• CALI Award for Excellence in the Environmental Clinic
• Dean's List, 2004 to 2007

Professional Associations

• IADC, Environmental and Energy Law Committee, Vice Chair of Publications
• Ohio State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Vice Chair
• Ohio State Bar Association, Council of Delegates (2014-2018)
• Crown Point Ecology Center, Board Member (2015-present)