Environmental & Natural Resources Law
A boutique firm built for your most sophisticated matters — contested water rights, federal permitting, and the litigation that follows. Public and private clients nationwide, creative solutions developed with your interests in mind, handled by experts.
The firm
National-caliber work. Direct access to the people doing it.
Jones Fortuna is a boutique law firm focused on environmental and natural resources law, with deep expertise in environmental permitting and litigation. Serving public and private sector clients across the United States, we are lauded for our expertise, extensive regulatory and market knowledge, and responsive and service-oriented approach.
About the firmThey have an outstanding ability to handle the most complex matters involving water law and water supply. They are widely recognized as the ‘best in the business.’Client, Chambers and Partners
What we do
Water law, complex project development, and litigation.
Featured capabilities
Federal civil works
WRDA 1986
Section 203 Studies
Sponsors can fund and lead their own Corps feasibility study rather than wait in the General Investigations queue. The study is paid for locally and judged federally.
23 years of USACE Headquarters policy experience on our bench Explore →
Water Supply Act of 1958
Water Supply Reallocations
Converting storage in an existing federal reservoir to municipal and industrial supply — a marriage of law and engineering decided by choices made years earlier.
More Corps reallocations than any firm in the nation Explore →
Manuals, guidelines & deviations
Project Operations & Litigation
Congress authorizes a dam once. How it is operated can be revisited — in the documents that decide who gets water and who absorbs the shortage.
Two decades in the ACF and ACT basins, from the district court to the Supreme Court Explore →What others say
Recognized by clients and the other side.
John is one hell of a lawyer.
Competitor, Chambers and PartnersThe Jones Fortuna team exhibits outstanding proficiency in navigating intricate and sophisticated legal matters.
Client, Chambers and PartnersJones Fortuna is a respected and trusted advisor. Their ability to communicate on complex matters is exceptional.
Client, Chambers and PartnersLewis Jones and John Fortuna are a powerhouse team.
Client, Chambers and PartnersJohn Fortuna is an irreplaceable member of our team. His experience, expertise, and analytic abilities are exceptional.
Client, Chambers and PartnersLewis Jones is a real premier expert in the Clean Water Act.
Competitor, Chambers and PartnersOur team
The people who will actually work your matter.
Partners & Counsel
Associate Attorneys
Non-Attorney Specialists
Get in touch
Tell us what you are up against.
Whether it is a permit that has stalled, a basin dispute with no obvious off-ramp, or a federal process you need read accurately before committing to it, a short conversation usually clarifies where you stand.