Michael Murphy and Melissa Brown will be among the featured participants at the Illinois Environmental Regulatory Group’s (IERG) 2025 Water Seminar. Murphy and his co-presenter, a senior scientist at Geosyntec, will examine the regulatory challenges microplastics present and propose strategies and potential solutions to those challenges. Brown will moderate a panel of experienced PFAS attorneys and consultants who will focus on PFAS regulatory compliance issues. More information about the seminar, which will take place in Springfield on September 9, is available on IERG’s website. HeplerBroom is proud to be a one of the seminar’s sponsors.

Murphy, a partner in the firm’s Springfield office, is an experienced litigator who focuses on helping clients with environmental issues, both before and after a lawsuit is filed. He has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters, has been elected to the Board of Directors of both the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois and the Chatham (IL) Area Chamber of Commerce, and is Vice-Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Environmental and Natural Resource Law Section Council.

Brown, also a partner in the firm’s Springfield office, has developed a robust environmental law practice. She assists businesses with a wide variety of environmental issues, and her clients regularly rely on her to provide counsel on complying with Illinois and federal environmental statutes and regulations. She has been selected to Best Lawyers in America’s list of Ones to Watch.