Gene Schmittgens is Of Counsel with the Business Services Practice Group at Evans & Dixon, LLC. He represents clients in environmental law issues including compliance, enforcement, including administrative litigation, insurance, permitting, transportation requirements and transactional issues arising out of the sale of real estate and businesses. He is a frequent lecturer and author on a wide variety of environmental issues. Mr. Schmittgens is a past chair of the Illinois State Bar Association's Environmental Law Section Council, and he has been active in a number of other environmental law committees of various bar associations and civic groups. He is also an Assistant Adjunct Professor at Saint Louis University of Law where he teaches a course on Environmental Due Diligence.

Professional Involvement

• Missouri Bar Association          
• Member, Environmental Law Committee    
• Illinois State Bar Association           
• Member, Environmental Law Section Council, Chair 2006 -2007; Vice Chair 2005 – 2006, Secretary 2004 – 2005                
• American Bar Association                
• Member, Section on Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law   
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis        
• Member, Environmental Law Committee, Chair, 1997 – 2000; 2009 - Present, Chair, Young Lawyers’ Section Environmental Law Committee, 1991 - 1993
• Regional Chamber and Growth Association
• Chair, Environmental Law Section Council, 2001

Honors

• Volunteer Service Award, Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments, 1996
• Award of Merit, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Young Lawyers Section, 1992
• Who’s Who Among Rising Young Americans, 1991, 1992
• Outstanding Young Men of America, 1987
• Winner, St. Louis University ATLA Trial Advocacy Competition, 1983
• Who’s Who Among American Law Students,  1982
• Fletcher J. Blackburn Award for Outstanding Work in the Field of Government,  MacMurray College, 1979
• Who’s Who Among American College and University Students, 1979
• Truman Scholar Nominee, MacMurray College, 1976
• Outstanding Freshman, MacMurray College, 1976

Publications

• Schmittgens, Brownfields, Thumbnail Sketch of Environmental Law, ISBA, (2009)
• Schmittgens, Environmental Audits, Thumbnail Sketch of Environmental Law, ISBA, (2009)
• Schmittgens, All Appropriate Inquiry, Thumbnail Sketch of Environmental Law, ISBA, (2006)
• Schmittgens, Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, Thumbnail Sketch of Environmental Law, ISBA, (2006)
• Schmittgens, Hazardous Waste Handling,, Thumbnail Sketch of Environmental Law, ISBA, (2006)
• Schmittgens, Brownfields, Environmental Law Deskbook, MoBar, (2002) (To be updated 2006)
• Schmittgens and Edwards, Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, 14 St. Louis Bar Journ. Vol. 1 (Summer, 1998)
• Schmittgens, Brownfields, Environmental Law Deskbook, MoBar, (1997)
• Schmittgens and Burns, The Polluter Doesn’t Pay: Furrer v. Brown and the End of Congressional Intent, 3 Wis. U. Envt’l Law Journ. 1 (1996).
• Schmittgens and Nelson, Lessons From Kindergarten: Recovering Remediation Costs under the Citizens’ Suit Provision of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 3 Missouri Envt’l Law and Policy Rev. 63 (1996).
• Schmittgens, Notification and Fee Requirements of Title V of the Clean Air Act:  Any Effect on the Administration of the Permit Program, 21 St. Louis Lawyer 8 (April, 1992).

Seminar Presentations

• Environmental Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions, Illinois State Bar Association, 2010
• Environmental Due Diligence Illinois State Bar Association, 2010
• Real Estate Development From Beginning to End, Lorman 2008 
• The Development Approval Process, Lorman 2008 
• Stormwater, Stormwater Legal Issues, Lorman 2007
• Annual Real Estate Institute, Infrastructure for Real Estate Development, Missouri Bar, 2007
• Environmental Issues in Commercial Transactions, Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, Lorman, 2006
• Environmental Issues In Real Estate Transactions, All Appropriate Inquiry, Illinois State Bar Association, 2006
• Annual Real Estate Institute, Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, Missouri Bar, 2006
• Environmental Conference at the Lake, All Appropriate Inquiry, MoBar/MoChamber, 2006
• Stormwater, Enforcement, Lorman, 2006
• Environmental Issues in Commercial Transactions, Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, Lorman, 2006
• Environmental Issues In Real Estate Transactions, All Appropriate Inquiry, Illinois State Bar Association, 2006
• Annual Real Estate Institute, Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, Missouri Bar, 2006
• Environmental Conference at the Lake, All Appropriate Inquiry, MoBar/MoChamber, 2006
• Environmental Conference at the Lake, All Appropriate Inquiry, MoBar/MoChamber, 2005
• Illinois Environmental Law Conference, Brownfields, Illinois State Bar Association, 2001
• Environmental Conference at the Lake, Brownfields, MoBar/MoChamber, 2000
• Environmental Conference at the Lake, One Person Environmental Shop, MoBar/MoChamber, 1999
• Environmental Conference at the Lake, Waste 101, MoBar/MoChamber, 1999
• National Business Institutes, Missouri Water Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1997
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, St. Louis, Missouri, 1997
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Brownfields, St. Louis, Missouri, 1996
• Missouri Bar Association, Citizens’ Suits, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1995
• Training Resources Affecting Mining XXI, Developing an Environmental Compliance Plan for Your Mine, College Station, Pennsylvania, 1994
• Southern Illinois Environmental Managers Association, Overview of the Environmental Regulation of Illinois Business, Herrin, Illinois, 1993
• Training Resources Affecting Mining XX, Environmental Regulation in Mining, Lexington, Kentucky, 1993
• Missouri Bar Association, Clean Air Act Issues, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri (Program Co-Chair), 1993
• AAIM Management Association, Managing Regulatory Encounters, 1993
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Environmental Science for the Technical Amateur, St. Louis, Missouri, (Program Chair), 1993
• Southwestern Illinois Industrial Association, Environmental Risk Management, Alton, Illinois, 1992
• American Bar Association, Affiliate Outreach Program, Planning a Successful Continuing Legal Education Program, Cleveland, Ohio, 1992
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Introduction to Environmental Law, Clean Air Act, St. Louis, Missouri, (Program Chair), 1992
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Annual Environmental Law Update; Illinois Clean Air Act Issues, St. Louis, Missouri, 1991
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Handling Inspection by Regulatory Agencies, St. Louis, Missouri, 1991

Outside Activites

• Habitat for Humanity Legal Committee 1998 - Present
• House Leader, Habitat for Humanity, 1998 - 1999
• Executive Board (Treasurer), Friends of the Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments, 1992 – 1998
• Governor’s Task Force on Environmental Amnesty, State of Illinois, 1994
• Director’s Task Force on Small Business Environmental Compliance, State of Illinois, 1993 
• MacMurray College Alumni Board, 1984 – 1987, 1989 – 1992
• President, 1990 – 1992, Vice President, 1989 – 1990, Recording Secretary, 1984 – 1986