Robert Sulnick

Robert H. Sulnick is an environmental lawyer and journalist.
==Education==
Sulnick earned his B.A. at Indiana University in 1964, his J.D. at DePaul University in 1967 and his LL.M in Law and Behavioral Sciences from New York University School of Law in 1968. He served as editor of the DePaul Law Review from 1966-1967 and is the recipient of a Reginald Heber Smith Fellowship in 1968.
==Teaching career==
In 1968, Sulnick became Assistant Professor of Law in Torts and Law and Social Science at the University of Denver, and in 1971 became Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.
===Publications===
Sulnick's publications as editor of the DePaul Law Review include "Conscientious Objector - Failure to Believe in Supreme Being," and "Legal Aid - A Proposal for an Independent National Civil Legal Aid Society."
In 1974, Sulnick published "A Political Perspective of Tort Law" in Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review.Robert H. Sulnick, A Political Perspective of Tort Law, 7 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 410 (1974)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/llr/vol7/iss3/3
Sulnick, alongside Professor Gresham M. Sykes, co-authored "Law and Social Science Research: A Collection of Annotated Readings." While teaching at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Sulnick authored "Civil Litigation and the Police: A Method of Communication" in 1976, where he argued, based on a sociological study of nine Southern California police departments, that institutions such as the police are receptive to civil lawsuits for monetary damages.
As professor at Loyola Law School, Sulnick was a panelist in the panel Toxic Torts: Developing Liability at the Corporate Counsel Legal Seminar at Hotel Grande in Los Angeles.https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1035&context=loyola_lawyer
==Professional legal career==
Robert Sulnick passed the Illinois State Bar in 1967 and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1974.
==Professional environmental career==
In 1986, Sulnick, representing residents of Casmalia, commissioned a study of his clients conducted by toxicologist Jan Schienle. The 167 person study found that residents of Casmalia were suffering from numerous abnormal health issues, which Sulnick blamed on the presence of the nearby toxic waste dump. The study was the substance of Kizer v Sulnick, a lawsuit by the state of California seeking access to the results. Ultimately, residents of Casmalia settled a lawsuit with the dump's owner for a reported $10 million to the 320 plaintiffs in the case.
In 1984, Sulnick represented Gary A. Mitchell and Betty Gae Mitchell, along with over one hundred people residing near the Thompson-Hayward Chemical Plant near Fresno, California in lawsuits alleging contamination near their homes due to the chemical plant.
In 1985, Sulnick became president of No Oil Inc in Pacific Palisades, California. No Oil Inc with Sulnick as president stopped Occidental Petroleum from drilling 60-100 oil wells across from Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades, CA.
In 1987, Sulnick founded the American Oceans Campaign alongside Ted Danson. Sulnick served as Executive Director for a decade working in the area of ocean protection, including offshore oil drilling, coastal pollution and fisheries protection. American Oceans Campaign had offices in Santa Monica, Washington D.C. and Seattle. In 2002, American Oceans Campaign merged with Oceana.
In 1997, Sulnick co-founded an environmental consulting firm, Environmental Problem Solving Enterprises (EPS) with Gary M. Petersen. EPS represented clients in the corporate, government, and non-profit sectors capable of solving environmental problems.
==Publications as columnist==
Sulnick wrote the column Clear the Air for the Santa Barbara Independent beginning in August of 2018 until February 2022.
In 2022, Sulnick began writing an environmental column for Noozhawk in Santa Barbara.
Category:Environmental lawyers
Category:Journalists
Category:Indiana University alumni
Category:American people