P. Matthew Shudtz Esq.

Center for Progressive Reform
Shudtz, Matthew

P. Matthew Shudtz is a Senior Policy Analyst working with the Center for Progressive Reform's (CPR) Clean Science and Corporate Accountability issue groups. He joined CPR in 2006 after graduating law school with a certificate in environmental law. As a staff attorney in the Environmental Law Clinic, he worked on litigation with the Environmental Integrity Project that led to a consent decree in which the Mirant Corporation agreed to comply with newer, more stringent opacity and particulate matter standards for its Chalk Point generating station, one of the largest power plants in Maryland.

Mr. Shudtz’s prior experience in the public interest field also includes work for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), where he was a legal intern. While at NRDC, he provided research and drafting support in FIFRA and CAA litigation, and CWA regulatory affairs. He also worked as a legal/legislative intern at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation during the 2005 Session of the Maryland General Assembly.

He received his J.D. from the University of Maryland and a B.S. from Columbia University.

He is an Editor-in-Chief of the ABA/Bloomberg BNA treatise Occupational Safety and Health Law.