Overview
Samuel Whillans joined Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP in the fall of 2023. Before joining Spiegel, Sam was a legal fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council, where he advocated on policy issues related to energy efficiency, climate change and utility regulation. Sam also co-directed the Environmental Protection Clinic at Yale Law School from 2022-23.
Sam is a 2021 graduate of Penn Law, where he served as Executive Articles Editor of the Journal of Law and Social Change and Associate Editor at The Regulatory Review. He interned as a law student with Clean Air Council, Earthjustice’s Clean Energy Program and the City of Philadelphia Law Department.
Before his legal career Sam worked as a solar project developer, managing permitting, planning and environmental approvals for solar generation facilities across the U.S. and Europe.
