One of the Keys to Success in Both Life and Business is to Recognize, Accept and Adapt to Change

A Conversation with Attorney Josh Reid

As a Director in our firm’s Natural Resources practice group who works out of our Las Vegas Office, attorney Josh Reid’s practice focuses on the environment, energy, water and land issues, and he possesses significant experience advising clients on transactions involving public infrastructure and the purchase and sale of significant energy and water assets.  

His love for the environment extends right out of his front door, and he spends his time away from work hiking the trails around Henderson, Nevada. We recently had the opportunity to talk with Josh about his life in the legal profession.

It’s been a long, HOT summer in Las Vegas, and around the world. Your practice touches on some of the most critical issues of the day – the environment, energy, water and land development. How do you get your head around the complex problems facing these sectors?

My undergraduate degree is in Conservation Biology, and I earned a master’s degree in Environmental Science from Yale University before I became an attorney. As such, I have been involved in environmental and natural resources issues for most of my adult life. One of the first concepts that you learn in environmental science is that everything is connected to everything else, and the most fundamental relationship in any ecosystem is between the environment and everything that lives there.

Another important concept that you learn is that when the environment changes, whatever lives there has three choices. They can either recognize that change is happening and adapt to the new conditions and survive, accept that change is happening and do nothing, or deny the evidence that change is happening. I have found that this adaptation concept also applies to the legal and business issues that my clients face, and that one of the keys to success in both life and business is to recognize, accept and adapt to change.

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