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Litigation
- Represented utility companies in a successful challenge to Oregon’s first-of-its-kind state-wide program capping natural gas sales to homes and businesses in Oregon [Northwest Natural Gas Company v. Environmental Quality Commission, 329 Or. App. 648 (2023)].
- Obtained dismissal of a landmark "greenwashing" case against a utility company [ClientEarth v. Washington Gas Light Company, Case No. 2022 CA 003323 B, (D.C. Super. Ct. 2023)].
- Won two preliminary injunction motions for clients being denied gender-affirming medical care by state prisons.
- Negotiated family law settlement maintaining client's custody of the child.
Regulatory Advocacy & Compliance
- Lead associate manager of the Gas Infrastructure Coalition, a regulatory monitoring utility group focused on emerging gas developments and next generation technologies.
- Advise multiple companies on regulatory and compliance strategies regarding state cap-and-trade and low-carbon fuel standard programs.
- Monitor developments in the renewable energy sector for the Cross-Cutting Issues Group, a regulatory monitoring utility group that focuses primarily on water, wildlife and waste issues affecting the power sector.
- Counsel manufacturing companies on federal and state plastics and packaging laws and regulatory programs.
- Formulated environmental justice strategy for utility company.
- Lead associate drafter of EPA petition for rulemaking to regulate hazardous solar panels as universal waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to incentivize end-of-life recycling. EPA is actively working on a proposal in response to this petition.
- Participated in corporate monitorship of world's largest cruise line company.