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- Over two decades of experience in the practice of environmental and natural resources law.
- Led the U.S. Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division for two years as Acting Assistant Attorney General and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
- Representing industrial clients in the energy, chemicals, manufacturing, and transportation sector in response to federal and state environmental enforcement actions.
- Representing companies and national trade associations in litigation related to major environmental regulations.
- Represented major business association as intervenor in D.C. Circuit litigation concerning Affordable Clean Energy Rule.
- Defended in federal district court presidential order concerning offshore energy production in Alaska.
- Work with Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) on matters related to offshore energy production, lease terms and extensions, and decommissioning activities.
- Represented chemical company in environmental citizen suit litigation under the Clean Water Act.
- Represented energy company in breach of contract and indemnity litigation in federal district court in Florida.
- Advising energy infrastructure companies in relation to NEPA compliance and project development.
- Represented chemical company in response to Clean Air Act non-compliance issues.
- Granted favorable outcomes on behalf of private clients in Clean Water Act NPDES enforcement matters.
- Represented electric utility in power plant siting litigation.
- Prepared testimony on energy policy for corporate chief executive appearing before congressional committees.
- Filed amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit concerning environmental regulation and tribal jurisdiction.
- Filed amicus brief on behalf of national trade associations in the Ninth Circuit concerning federal regulation of lithium mining
- Authored and filed environmental law amicus brief in D.C. Circuit on behalf of 205 members of Congress in Clean Power Plan litigation.
- Served as environmental counsel to a U.S. Senator, and as the Republican Staff Director for the Senate Subcommittee on Water & Wildlife (112th Congress) and Republican Staff Director for the Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air & Nuclear Safety (113th Congress).