Stanley A.
Millan
- Position
- Special Counsel
- Office
- New Orleans
Stan Millan is special counsel and a member of the Litigation Practice Group. He divides his practice between transactional, compliance, and dispute-resolution matters involving environmental issues and government contracts.
LEED® AP-certified by the US Green Building Council, Stan focuses his practice on environmental law, administrative law, and government contracts law, extending to the entire panoply of air, water, and waste regulation. He provides compliance counseling and defense before the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, and federal and state courts. Stan also handles matters related to endangered species and wetland regulation, regularly dealing with the EPA, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the LDEQ, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR), and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Stan advises government contractors, including service contractors and GOCO facility contractors, on small business issues, bid protests, contract dispute claims, and negotiations of equitable adjustments involving the US Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, NASA, Military Sealift Command, and MARAD. He provides advice on proposal preparations, bid protests, and Contract Disputes Act claims.
Stan is a retired colonel, JAGC, USAR. He also is a notary public, State of Louisiana, Jefferson Parish, and has practiced law for 48 years.
Noteworthy
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Environmental Law (listed annually since 2013)
- Best Lawyers®, "Lawyer of the Year," Environmental Law, New Orleans (2022)
- Chambers USA, Environment: Litigation (listed annually since 2021)
- US Green Building Council, LEED® AP BD+C (Accredited Professional in Building, Design & Construction)
- Tulane Law School and Loyola College of Law, adjunct professor of law in government contracts and environmental law
Publications
- "Waters of the United States No Longer Frozen in Time — Supreme Court Decision Narrows Federal Jurisdiction Over Wetlands," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, June 5, 2023
- "Government Contracts," Construction Law Update, Wolters Kluwer, 2023
- "There and Back Again for WOTUS," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, January 12, 2023
- "The Impact of the IIJA and Amended Buy American Act on the Construction Industry," ConsensusDocs, May 12, 2022
- "A Hitchhiker's Guide to What's New in All Appropriate Inquiries," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, January 6, 2022
- "Not So PFAS," Jones Walker LLP Energy Client Alert, November 2, 2021
- "CERCLA: To Report or Not to Report? That Is the Question," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, August 27, 2021
- "'Functional Equivalent of a Discharge' Comes Full Circle: Maui Court Implements SCOTUS Guidance," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, July 23, 2021
- "Louisiana 31st State in Union With an Environmental Audit Privilege Law," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, July 23, 2021
- "Presidential 'Pause' on Sale of New Oil and Gas Leases Is a No-Go," Jones Walker LLP Maritime Client Alert, June 30, 2021
- "GAO Rules in Favor of a 'Mighty Mouse' over Military Needs," Jones Walker LLP Construction Client Alert, June 21, 2021
- "When Is a Draft Not a Draft? SCOTUS Rejects Effects-Based Test for FOIA Exception," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, March 15, 2021
- "D.C. Circuit Massacres Trump's Last Plan," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, February 3, 2021
- "Ninth Circuit Says Air Force Liable for Being Too Slow," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, December 9, 2020
- "VIDA's EPA Rulemaking: One Step at a Time," Jones Walker LLP Maritime Client Alert, November 23, 2020
- "US Trends and Developments in Alternative Energy," Jones Walker LLP Maritime Newsletter - Special Offshore Wind Edition, October 2020
- "Federal Procurement and Construction," Construction Law Update, Wolters Kluwer, 2020
- "Welcome Back … Kreditor," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, September 2, 2020
- "National Monuments: by Land Only or by Sea Too?" Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, August 24, 2020
- "Circuits Battle Over EPA’s Review Role under Title V of CAA," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, August 11, 2020
- "NEPA: RE-ANIMATED or is it WEE-ANIMATED?" Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, August 11, 2020
- "WOTUS: A Never-Ending Story," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, June 1, 2020
- "OCS Air Quality in the 21st Century: The Sky Will Not Fall," Jones Walker LLP Maritime Newsletter, May 28, 2020
- "Judge Grants Expedited Briefing Schedule in Nationwide Permit 12 Case, but Denies Immediate Stay," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, April 30, 2020
- "Superfund Settlors: Mind Your Neighbors," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, April 30, 2020
- "Clear as Mud: What Does SCOTUS' 'Functional Equivalent of a Direct Discharge' Standard Mean for the Future of Clean Water Act," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, April 28, 2020
- "Beyond the Blog — COVID-19 Weekly Recap — April 26, 2020," Jones Walker LLP Disaster Prep & Recovery Client Alert, April 26, 2020
- "New Holdup for Pipelines — US District Court Judge Vacates Nationwide Permit," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, April 22, 2020
- "Federal Contracts — on Again or off Again — During the Coronavirus Pandemic," Jones Walker LLP Maritime Client Alert, April 7, 2020
- "NEPA’s Rebirth?" Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, March 2020
- "National Monuments, by Land and by Sea," Jones Walker LLP Maritime Newsletter, January 31, 2020
- "The Final 'Wotus' Rule — a Twist or a Tweak?" Jones Walker LLP Maritime Newsletter, January 31, 2020
- "Update to Vessel Incidental Discharge Act of 2018," Jones Walker LLP Maritime Newsletter, January 31, 2020
- "Legal Corner: Where, Oh Where, Will All the Wetlands Go?" Water Finance & Management, October 15, 2019
- "When Do Hard-Nosed Negotiations Become Coercion? Or, When Should You Feel Unlucky?" ConsensusDocs, October 2, 2019
- "Environmental Law in the Construction Industry," Construction Law Update, Wolters Kluwer, 2019–2023
- "Does WOTUS Still Mean Woe Is Us?" Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, September 18, 2019
- "Superfund’s 'New Brown Deal'”, September 2019
- "EPA Diverts Course on Releases to Groundwater," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, April 29, 2019
- "Vessel Incidental Discharge Act of 2018," Jones Walker LLP Maritime Client Alert, December 19, 2018
- "EPA and Corps Woo New WOTUS Proposal," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, December 18, 2018
- "Man Versus Frog Rematch: Man Bounces Back, But How High?" Jones Walker LLP Energy Client Alert, December 2018
- "CWA and Groundwater: There and Back Again," Jones Walker LLP Energy Client Alert, October 2018
- "State Agencies and Universities Remain Immune Under CERCLA," Jones Walker LLP Energy Client Alert, August 21, 2018
- Update on "The Next Generation of Federal Facility Environmental Liability," scheduled for Vol. 31, No. 2 Tulane Environmental Law Journal, July 14, 2018
- "Groundwater Unchained: Courts Agree to Disagree on Subsurface Seepage under the CWA," Jones Walker LLP Energy Client Alert, May 1, 2018
- "9th Circuit Sinks to New Level: Tracing Subsurface Pollutants in Groundwater to Surface Waters," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert, April 6, 2018
- "That’s One Small Step for Frog, One Giant Leap For Bureaucrats," Jones Walker LLP Energy Client Alert, March 2018
- "U.S. Fifth Circuit Renders Tutorial on Civil Penalties for Spills," Jones Walker LLP Energy Client Alert, February 21, 2018
- "High Court Washes Down Agency Water Rule," Jones Walker LLP Energy Client Alert, January 23, 2018
- "West Group Practice Series: Louisiana Environmental Compliance," Thompson West 2017–18, February 14, 2017
- "High Court Clarifies False Claims Act Ramifications for Government Contractors and Others," Jones Walker LLP Client Alert, June 29, 2016
- "High Court Rules for Vets," Jones Walker LLP Client Alert, June 27, 2016
- "5th Circuit Rules on Civil Penalties in Citizen Lawsuit Case," Jones Walker LLP Energy Client Alert, June 15, 2016
- "High Court Opens Door Wider to Judicial Reviews of Many Corps Wetland Calls," Jones Walker LLP Energy Client Alert, June 2, 2016
- "Clean Power Plan Update – Carbon-Free Future or EPA Walk of Shame?" Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Client Alert, August 7, 2015
- "More Power To Power Plants," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Client Alert, July 2, 2015
- "The Environmental Protection Agency/Army Corps of Engineers Waters of the United States Rule," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Client Alert, May 29, 2015
- "All Appropriate Inquiry: Blackboard of Dreams and Fears," 28 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 95, February 14, 2014
- "Green Buildings and Plugging the Gaps in Environmental Laws," 27 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 43, February 14, 2013
- "Supreme Court Slams EPA on Pre-Enforcement Wetlands Review Nine to Zero," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources EBulletin, May 9, 2012
- "Whose Drop is it Anyway?" book review 59 Louisiana Bar Journal 184, October 14, 2011
- "FAR in the LEED in Going Green," 46 The Procurement Lawyer 7, July 6, 2011
- "FAR in the LEED: Taking Green Buildings Out of the Black Box," 57 The Federal Lawyer 47, October 14, 2010
- "Escaping the 'Black Hole' in the Gulf," 24 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 41, July 6, 2010
- "SEC Issues Interpretive Release Regarding Climate Change Disclosure," Jones Walker LLP EBulletin, February 12, 2010
- "Supreme Court Rules Corps 404 Fill Permit Trumps EPA 402 Discharge Permit on Alaska Project," Jones Walker LLP Green Law & Sustainability EBulletin, June 30, 2009
- "New Federal Contractor and Subcontractor Disclosure Requirements," Jones Walker LLP Government Contracts EZine, January 9, 2009
- Jones Walker Real Estate, Construction & Project Development E*lert, January 7, 2009, January 7, 2009
- "New RCRA Rule: EPA Says, Go Forth and Recycle," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, October 17, 2008
- Jones Walker LLP Environmental & Toxic Torts ELert, July 8, 2008
- "Wetland Mitigation – The Price of a Corps Permit Goes Up and the Line Gets Longer," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, April 17, 2008
- "FOIA at Last, FOIA at Last, FOIA at Last!" Jones Walker LLP Government Contracts EZine, February 11, 2008
- "Cracking the Floodwall Code," 20 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 169, April 1, 2006
- "CAFO Rule Tossed," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, July 1, 2005
- "DOT Issues New HAZMAT Rule," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, July 1, 2005
- "Landfill Defeats Citizen Suit," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, April 28, 2005
- "Federal Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment Against Refinery in Citizen Suit," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, March 30, 2005
- "EPA Proposed Redefinition of Solid Waste," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, February 14, 2005
- "Court Allows Clean Air Act Citizen Suit Against Refinery," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, January 14, 2005
- "Federal False Claims Act And Environmental Violations," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, January 14, 2005
- "Louisiana Courts Address Agencies' Jurisdiction Over Properties With Oil And Gas Contamination," Jones Walker LLP Environmental and Toxic Torts Ezine, January 14, 2005
- "Supreme Court Denies CERCLA Contribution Claim Of Party That Voluntarily Cleaned Up Sites, Leaves Several Questions Unanswered," Jones Walker LLP Environmental & Toxic Torts Ezine, January 14, 2005
- "U.S. EPA and LDEQ Enter Into Agreement On Louisiana's Voluntary Remediation Program," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, January 14, 2005
- "Contemporary CERCLA: Reversals of Fortune and Black Holes," Vol 16, No. 2 Fordham Environmental Law Review 183, January 1, 2005
- "Federal Court Enjoins Wetlands Permit, Blocks Residential Development In St. Tammany Parish," Jones Walker LLP Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, October 25, 2004
- "LDEQ'S Expedited Penalty Agreements Extended," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, September 3, 2004
- "Louisiana Legislature Enacts Prescriptive Period For LDEQ Enforcement," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, September 3, 2004
- "Louisiana Modifies UST Rules," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, September 3, 2004
- "Clean Water Act Waters have a Beginning, But Do They Have an End?" Vol. 4, No. 84, Daily Environmental Reporter, May 3, 2004
- "EPA Approves Louisiana's Hazardous Air Pollutant Program," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, April 2, 2004
- "EPA Issues Guidance on Contiguous Property Liability," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, April 2, 2004
- "EPA Issues Guidance on Preparing 'Ready-for-Reuse Determinations for Brownfield Sites'," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, April 2, 2004
- "High Court Addresses Clean Water Act Permit Dispute," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, April 2, 2004
- "U.S. Supreme Court Decides EPA’s Power To Object To Or Veto State’s Clean Air Act Permits," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, February 19, 2004
- "U.S. Supreme Court Decides To Review Fifth Circuit's Aviall Decision," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, February 19, 2004
- "EPA Moves Closer to Developing Property Audit Standard," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, January 26, 2004
- "Fifth Circuit Stems Government’s Expansionist Regulation Of Wetlands," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, January 26, 2004
- "Court Blesses EPA’S Approval Of Texas SIP And Ozone Attainment Demonstration For Houston Area," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, December 15, 2003
- "EPA Tries To Solve Its Dirty Rag Problem," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, December 15, 2003
- "LDEQ Issues New Recap Document," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, November 17, 2003
- "Deck the Hulls with OSHA," 2 Loyola Maritime Law Journal 44, July 14, 2003
- "EPA Withdraws CERCLA Clarification," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, April 10, 2003
- "Gulf Sturgeon's Critical Habitat Declared For Various Waterways Including Along The North Shore Of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, April 10, 2003
- "EPA And Corps Issue Guidance On Mitigation, Wetlands, And Give Advance Notice Of Proposed Rule Making," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, February 21, 2003
- "EPA Clarifies 'All Appropriate Inquiry' Under 2002 Brownfield Amendments To CERCLA," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, February 21, 2003
- "High Court Upholds Clean Water Act Regulation Of Farm Activities," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, February 21, 2003
- "EPA Announces Controversial Revisions to Clean Air Act New Source Review Requirements," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, January 16, 2003
- "Fifth Circuit Restores Private Party’s Right to Recover CERCLA Contribution Relating to Voluntary Cleanup: Aviall Services, Inc. v. Cooper Industries, Inc.," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, January 16, 2003
- "Louisiana Remediation Statute Held Not Retroactive," and more..., Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, March 1, 2002
- "New Federal Brownfield Relief Law Enacted: A Synopsis," Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts Special Report EZine, January 17, 2002
- "Fifth Circuit Ruling Precludes CERCLA Contribution Claims Arising From Voluntary Clean-Ups," and more... Jones Walker LLP Energy, Environmental & Toxic Torts EZine, October 12, 2001
- "U.S. Supreme Court Sets New Guidelines for Developers," and more..., Jones Walker LLP Environmental and Toxic Torts EZine, August 2, 2001
- "The Odd Couple: High Court’s Expansion of Environmental Standing in Waters But Contraction of Regulatory Jurisdiction Over Them," 47 Loy. L. Rev. 729, July 14, 2001
- "Negligence and Respondeat Superior as Environmental Crimes," Vol. 6, No. 2, Louisiana Environmental Lawyer, July 14, 2000
Presentations
- "Three Critical Environmental Concerns for the General Practitioner," Jefferson Parish Bar Association, 31st Annual CLE by the Sea, April 13, 2018
- "Government Liability for CERCLA Response Costs and/or Natural Resource Damages on Public Lands," Strafford Webinar, November 14, 2017
- "TSCA: The New Age of Chemical Reform," "EHS on Tap" Business Law Reports Podcast, July 5, 2016
- "Wading through the WOTUS Waters," "EHS on Tap" Business Law Reports Podcast, June 5, 2016
- "What Hawkes Means for Wetlands Determinations," "EHS on Tap" Business Law Reports Podcast, June 5, 2016
- "Montana Mining, Water and Hazardous Waste," 19th Annual Tulane Summit on Environmental Law & Policy, February 21, 2014
- "Environmental Regulations Update, including Wetlands and Water Rights," American Corporate Counsel, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 5, 2012
- "Greenhouse Gas Laws and Regulation, and USGBC LEED," American Corporate Counsel, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 25, 2010
- "Federal Jurisdiction Over Wetlands—What Has Changed? And How Might You Be Affected?" Breakfast Briefing, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 18, 2007
- "Climate Change II: Before, and Beyond, the Supreme Court," 12th Annual Tulane Environmental Law Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 10, 2007
- "Cracking the Floodwall Code," part of presentation at the 11th Annual Tulane Environmental Law Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1, 2006
- "Environmental Practice Perspectives," part of Environmental Advocacy Course, Tulane Law School, for the Dominican Republic's Ministry of the Environment, June 24, 2005
- "Environmental Issues in Business Transactions or The Environmental 9 Lives of the Corporate Cat," 9th Annual Environmental Law Conference, Arkansas State Bar, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, May 6, 2005
- "What's so Bad about Being Civil," Lockheed Martin Annual Intellectual Property Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 3, 2005
- "The Changing Landscape of Environmental Enforcement," Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 2, 2004
- "Environmental Crimes," 7th Annual Tulane Environmental Law Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 8, 2002
- "New Brownfield Law," Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 24, 2002
Memberships
- American Bar Association, Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
- District of Columbia Bar
- Jefferson Bar Association
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Section of Environmental Law
- Loyola Institute for Environmental Communications, Fellow
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law, Administrative Law, and Federal Procurement Law (1988 to date)
- State Bar of Texas
- Tulane University Law School, Adjunct Professor of Law, Environmental and Procurement Law (2000 to date)
- University of New Orleans, Lecturer in Environmental Law and Administrative Law (1996–2010)
Education
- Tulane University Law School
SJD, 1990 - The George Washington University Law School
LLM, with highest honors, 1974 - Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
JD, 1970
Member, Loyola Law Review - Louisiana State University
BA, 1968
President, Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Louisiana
- Texas
Court Admissions
- US Supreme Court
- US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- US Court of Federal Claims
- Louisiana Supreme Court
Related Practices
- Aerospace & Aviation
- Appellate Litigation
- Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Energy Litigation
- Energy Regulatory
- Environmental & Toxic Torts
- Environmental Criminal Defense
- Environmental Enforcement & Litigation
- Environmental Regulatory
- Government Contracts
- Government Relations & Legislative Advocacy
- Green Building/LEED
- Litigation
- Maritime Regulatory and Government Relations
- Real Estate
- Offshore Energy