Good Steward Legal provides comprehensive legal services for permitting and compliance issues.

Permitting. GSL understands the myriad challenges involved in permitting projects and activities, especially time-sensitive projects requiring numerous authorizations from various federal, state, and local agencies. GSL works with clients in the early planning stages, during the permitting process, and in defending challenged authorizations. In doing so, GSL focuses on providing strategic counsel to reduce the risk of delays and challenges to permits; building and maintaining positive working relationships with relevant regulators and stakeholders; and working with clients, regulators, and stakeholders to ensure the permitting processes proceed in a timely manner.

Compliance. GSL understand the importance and complexity of remaining in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, especially when they are constantly changing. Among other things, GSL provides compliance assessments in which it gauges the health of their compliance programs, assesses legal and enforcement risks, and provides practical recommendations for strengthening compliance programs; counsels clients on compliance requirements arising from their diversifying of operations; and advises clients on the compliance implications for their businesses arising from new laws, whether statutes, regulations, ordinances, case law, or executive directives.