A partner in Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.'s Los Angeles location, Jeff Margulies advises clients in a diverse array of regulatory environments, including compliance, enforcement, and litigation. 

Jeff advises and represents clients on California regulatory and environmental issues such as Proposition 65 compliance and enforcement, California Air Resources Board and local air district  regulation under the Federal and California Clean Air Acts, Energy Efficiency, Rigid Plastic Packaging Recycling (RPPC) and Pesticide Registration. He also advises clients on Federal regulatory programs, including the Consumer Product Safety Act, Flammable Fabrics Act, Federal Hazardous Substances Act, FIFRA and Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. On an International level, he is involved with compliance under REACH, RoHS and WEEE. 

Jeff is a founding member of Fulbright's Climate Change Practice Group and heads the California Climate Change Practice. He advises clients on legislative, regulatory, litigation and risk issues associated with cap and trade and other greenhouse gas regulatory mitigation programs and technologies such as carbon capture and sequestration.

His environmental experience also includes underground storage tank and contaminated water remediation and litigation, CERCLA, transactional support and compliance auditing.

Jeff has extensive experience in a wide range of civil litigation, including public and private enforcement actions, unfair competition, false advertising and class actions.

• California State Bar - Environmental Section
• Los Angeles County Bar Association - Environmental Section
  • Executive Committee (2006 - Present)
• Prop 65 News
  • Senior Legal Editor (2002 - Present)
  • Editorial Board (2002 - 2004)
  Prop 65 Clearinghouse
  • Editorial Board (2005 - Present)
• International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization (2001 - present)

• Chambers and Partners USA (2008 - present)
• "Southern California Super Lawyer," Law & Politics (2004 - present)
• Best Lawyers in America (2008 - present)

• “Regional GHG Regulation – Full of Hot Air?” Environmental Law360, February 10, 2010
• Co-author, "Following Second Circuit’s Lead, Fifth Circuit Revives GHG Mass Tort Claims," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, October 26, 2009
• "Global Emissions Reduction Will Require Local Sacrifice," Executive Counsel, May-June 2009
• Ninth Circuit Should Reject California's Legal Claim That Autos Are A 'Public Nuisance,'" Legal Backgrounder, Vol. 23, No. 45, October 10, 2008
• "California Releases Blueprint for Combating Climate Change," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Client Alert, June 27, 2008
• "The EU Reaches Out to Regulate Chemicals and Products Exported by US Manufacturers and Distributors," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, June 11, 2008
• "A Perspective on the First 20 Years of Proposition 65: A Long, Strange Trip Indeed," Environmental Law News, Vol. 17, No. 1, Spring 2008
• "Court Dismisses California's Global Warming Suit Against Automakers," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, September 21, 2007
• "US Climate Change Science Program Provides Updated Predictions on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scenarios," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, August 6, 2007
• "California Threatens Lawsuit Over EPA Failure To Act On Clean Air Act Waiver For Greenhouse Gas Emissions," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Client Alert, June 15, 2007
• "UN Panel Releases Recommendations on Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Client Alert, May 7, 2007 
• "California Turns The Heat Up On Climate Change Mitigation Measures," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, April 25, 2007
• "California's 'Prop 65'...You Need To Know About It," Manufacturing.net, September 2006
• "Propositioned in California: Achieving Competitive Advantage in the Strange World of Prop 65," Executive Counsel, page 50, October 2004 
• "California Court Should Bar Prop 65 Anti-Chocolate Suit," Legal Opinion Letter Vol. 12, No. 19, Washington Legal Foundation, July 26, 2002; reprinted as "Chocolate Lawsuit is a Sweet Deal for Plaintiff's Attorney," Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 13, 2002
• "Court Ruling Reveals Absurdity of California's Proposition 65," Legal Backgrounder, Washington Legal Foundation, Vol. 17, No. 8, February 8, 2002
• "Wasted Warning? Prop 65's Unfairness Must be Reigned In," Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 6, November 8, 1999
• "Professional Societies Can Help Rid Courts of Junk Science," Legal Backgrounder, Washington Legal Foundation, Vol. 13, No. 50; reprinted in Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 6, December 30, 1998
• "Remediation Roulette: Lack of Regulatory Guidance Harms Owners of Underground Storage Tanks," Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 6, November 3, 1998

• “Climate Change Post-Copenhagen: Where Do We Go From Here?” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P./Norton Rose Group Web Seminar, January 28, 2010
• "Cap and Trade Update," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. 2009 Environmental Law Update Seminar, Houston, TX, October 13, 2009
• "Managing Your Carbon Footprint: A Practical Roadmap," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, June 19, 2009
• “California Proposition 65: Foods are Under Siege!” Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, June 8, 2009
• "The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: Breaking Developments," Web Seminar, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., February 19, 2009
• "What is a Carbon Footprint, and What Does it Mean to You?," Los Angeles County Bar Association Real Property Section, Los Angeles, CA, January 28, 2009
• "Cradle to Cradle: From Proposition 65 to a New Paradigm in Green," Los Angeles County Bar Association Environmental Law Section, Los Angeles, CA, January 28, 2009
• "Energy in Transition: Energy Policy under a New Administration." Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Conference Call Seminar, January 8, 2009 
• "Climate Policy: At the Crossroads of Change," Seminar, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. & Cerrell Associates, Los Angeles, CA, October 30, 2008
• "REACH Update," National Paint & Coatings Association Suppliers Committee, Washington, D.C., September 18, 2008
• "REACH: Compliance and Emerging Issues," Web Seminars, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Adhesives and Sealants Council, July 28 and 29, 2008
• "Only Representatives and Confidentiality: Protecting Your Business and its Confidential Information in the REACH Registration Process," U.S. Mission to the EU, Web Seminar, June 24, 2008
• "Update on California Administrative Agency Activities," Land Use and Climate Change Seminar, Law Seminars, International, Los Angeles, CA, June 16, 2008
• "REACH: The New EU Chemical Regulation and Its Impact on US Manufacturers," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. 2008 Environmental Law Update Seminar, Houston, TX, May 6, 2008
• "Consumer Product Safety: Emerging Enforcement Trends and Compliance Best Practices," Web Seminar, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., April 22, 2008
• "International Policy Update: The Future of the Kyoto Process," Law Seminars, International, Arlington, VA, April 14, 2008
• "Global Environmentalism Warming," National Paint & Coatings Association Industrial Coatings Committee, Pittsburgh, October 30, 2007
• "Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Technologies and Legal Issues" Web Seminar, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., November 15, 2007
• "The Evolving Landscape for Safe Consumer Products: Guidance for Manufacturers, Importers, and Retailers in Current and Prospective Regulatory Requirements and Best Practices" Web Seminar, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., November 7, 2007
• "Climate Change Means Business Change" Seminar, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Los Angeles, July 9, 2007
• "REACH: Legal Implications for U.S. Companies," U.S. Department of Commerce REACH Symposium, Houston, TX, June 8, 2007
• "Global Warming Mitigation Measures: From Global Theory to Local Action," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. 2007 Environmental Law Update Seminar, Houston, TX, May 23, 2007

Jeff is a frequent lecturer on Proposition 65, and a contributor to the annual conferences held by Prop 65 News and Prop 65 Clearinghouse.  Other recent Proposition 65 presentations:

• "Everything You Wanted to Know About Prop 65 But Were Afraid to Ask," Bureau Veritas Web Seminar, January 16, 2008
• International Housewares Association Government Affairs Committee, Washington, D.C., June 2006
• American Marketing Association Marketing and Public Policy Conference, Long Beach, California, June 2006
• National Paint and Coatings Association Product Stewardship Committee, Washington, D.C., February 2006
• Society of Product Licensors Committed to Excellence (SPLiCE) Licensors Workshop, Burbank, California, September 2005 
• California Environmental Law Update, Bridgeport Continuing Education, Los Angeles, California, August 2004
• International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization, 10th Annual Meeting and Training Symposium, Orlando, Florida, February 2003
• California Retailers Association Public Affairs Conference, San Diego, California, October 2002; February 2004; November 2004; November 2005; November 2006 
• National Paint & Coatings Association Labeling Seminar, Chicago, IL, May 2002
• Orange County Bar Environmental Section, Orange, California, May 2002
• Parker Milliken Annual Hazardous Waste Seminar, Los Angeles, California, May 2002  

Other Presentations:

• "Impact of the Clean Air Act on Industrial Coatings - 'Policy, Politics & Parochialism,'" National Paint & Coatings Association Industrial Coatings Committee, St. Petersburg, Florida, March 2003
•  "VOC Regulation and Litigation Update," National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Los Angeles Chapter" September 2002; November 2002
• "California Bounty Hunting in the 21st Century: Proposition 65, Unfair Competition, and False Advertising," Bay Area General Counsel Group, June 2002
• "Breaking News: Discussion of Recent Legal Decisions in CPSC Civil Penalty Cases," International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization, 9th Annual Meeting and Training Symposium, Orlando, Florida, February 2002

1986 - J.D., Villanova University School of Law
1982 - B.S., Psychology, Duke University

While in law school, Jeff was a member of Law Review and the Order of the Coif. He is admitted to practice law in California, the Northern, Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of California, the Central District of Illinois and before the U.S. Courts of Appeals Third Circuit and Ninth Circuit.

Jeff enjoys computers, sports, photography and music.