Edward L. Strohbehn Jr. is a former Senior Counsel at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, in San Francisco, where he practiced environmental law.
After graduating from Yale Law School in 1969 and serving as a law clerk to retired Chief Justice Earl Warren at the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1970, he co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council where he served for seven years. In 1977, he was appointed the Executive Director of the Council of Environmental Quality under President Carter. After four years with the Council, he practiced environmental law in San Francisco, primarily with McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen and its successor firm, Bingham McCutchen, as a partner, and then with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, as Senior Counsel. He retired in 2016.
His service with university and non-profit organizations includes serving on: the Board of Directors of Resources for the Future for nine years; on the Board of Directors for the Environmental Law Institute for ten years, including serving as Chair for four years; and on the Advisory Board of the UC Berkeley Law School Center for Law, Energy & the Environment for many years. He has also served for many years and still serves on: the Leadership Council of the Yale School of the Environment; the Leadership Council of the World Resources Institute; and the Green Leadership Council of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
In 2010, he, along with three other classmate co-founders of NRDC, received the Yale Law School Association Award of Merit, the highest recognition given by the School to its graduates. In 2011, he was elected a fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers.
In 2015, the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources awarded him its Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy Award.
