About Space Energy

Mr. Benn is currently Partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf. The firm represents Fortune 500 corporations, municipal governments, non-profits and trade associations before federal agencies, Congress and the courts on a variety of environmental and energy matters.

Practice includes lobbying Congress, drafting legislation and seeking appropriations on environmental, infrastructure, transportation, science, arts, housing and financial service issues. Mr. Benn has extensive experience reconciling diverse stakeholder interests and negotiating settlements in nationally significant, complex cases.

He has also served as Attorney Advisor to the Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This role involved advising senior management including the Administrator, on controversial issues and key policy and legislative Clean Water Act (CWA) developments.

Mr. Benn is a Senior Fellow, Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment and Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, and has numerous Board positions including: Board Member, Clean Water America Alliance, Advisory Board Chairman, "Love Thy Neighbor", promoting non-violence in Palestine, Member, "Capitol Hill Advisors", kitchen cabinet of lobbyists advising Habitat for Humanity D.C. and National Offices on Congressional strategy, and is Planning Chair for the American Law Institute-American Bar Association Clean Water Act Law and Regulation Conference (2005-2009).

He was also the winner of the 2006 LeBoeuf, Lamb Pro Bono award (only Partner so recognized), and has been involved in numerous publications including the Energy Committees Newsletter, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, American Bar Association, "Federal Friction: The Collision Between Superfund and the Federal Power Act, or, If EPA Gives a Damn Will FERC Give Up a Dam?".

Mr. Wallach is a Partner at Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, where he serves as Co-Chair of the Litigation Group of more than 40 attorneys. The firm represents a broad spectrum of businesses, organizations and individuals, including publicly and privately traded corporations, on matters ranging from business issues to intellectual property matters, and is a member of Lex Mundi, a network of law firms located in 155 countries.

His practice includes litigation and trial of complex business disputes, concentrating on corporate, business tort, utilities and public law litigation, with in-depth focus on consultant and accountant liability litigation, contract disputes, trade secrets and non-competition covenants. Mr. Wallach also works with clients to resolve zoning and other issues involving local and state governments. He regularly appears in state and federal courts throughout the country on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.

Mr. Wallach is Chair of The Sculpture Center, a non-profit organization which promotes the careers of young sculptors, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Cleveland Chapter of the American Constitution Society. He is listed in Who's Who in America and The Best Lawyers in America, as well as Chambers' Leading U.S. Lawyers.

For several years, Mr. Wallach has been an active advocate for Space Based Solar Power, becoming General Counsel of the NewSpace Alliance in 2008. He was a contributor to the October 2007 Report on Space Based Solar Power issued by the National Space Security Office, and has written and spoken widely on SBSP to a variety of audiences. In addition, Mr. Wallach is an active member of the National Space Society and the Space Frontier Foundation, and has participated in multiple meetings with Congressional offices about SBSP and space issues, generally.