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Daniel C. Esty is the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University. He holds faculty appointments in both Yale's Environment and Law Schools. He also serves as the Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (www.yale.edu/envirocenter) and the Center for Business & Environment at Yale (www.yale.edu/CBEY).

Jim Butler is one of th top hotel lawyers in the world. GOOGLE "hotel lawyer" or "hotel mixed-use lawyer" and you will see why. Jim devotes 100% of his practice to hospitality, representing hotel owners, developers, and lenders. Jim leads JMBM's Global Hospitality Group - a team of 50 seasoned professionals with more than $50 billion of otel transactional experience, involving more than 1,000 properties located around the globe.

For the past five years, the Global Hospitality Group® of Jeffer Mangels Butler and Marmaro LLP have presented The Hotel Developers Conference™. Each year, this high level conference has focused on a different subject matter such as resort development, condo hotels, and hotel mixed-use. In 2008, the conference, supported by UNLV and the USGBC, Nevada chapter, was devoted solely to green hotel development, renovation and operation.

For more on Jim's current views on the industry and to read more articles about going green visit HotelLawBlog.com.