Practice Expertise

  • Climate Change Law and Policy
  • Energy and Environmental Litigation
  • Climate Change
  • Energy Litigation

Areas of Practice

  • Climate Change
  • Climate Change Law and Policy
  • Energy and Environmental Litigation
  • Energy Litigation
  • Energy
  • Energy Transition
  • Environmental
  • Native American Trust Lands
  • Natural Resources
  • Waste
  • Water
  • View More

Profile

Liz’s practice focuses on environmental and administrative law.

Liz’s practice focuses on a broad range of environmental issues arising under federal, state and international laws, with emphasis on issues involving water regulation and handling and treatment of hazardous and solid waste. 

Relevant Experience

  • Provided long-term daily representation of an association of electric utilities on US water regulation developments, including development of many extensive technical and legal comments on US EPA regulatory proposals.
  • Advised individual electric utilities seeking to obtain thermal variances or negotiate permit conditions related to cooling water intake structures.
  • Assisted individual electric utilities with water permit compliance questions and challenges to state rules and requirements.
  • Litigated multiparty disputes regarding hazardous waste cleanup activities.
  • Conducted safety, health and environmental reviews of a broad array of industrial facilities and providing advice regarding compliance issues.
  • Contributed to and edited a monthly update on international safety, health and environmental law for a major electronics company.

Bar Admissions

  • Virginia

Education
BA, University of Delaware, summa cum laude, 1981

Areas of Practice

  • Climate Change
  • Climate Change Law and Policy
  • Energy and Environmental Litigation
  • Energy Litigation
  • Energy
  • Energy Transition
  • Environmental
  • Native American Trust Lands
  • Natural Resources
  • Waste
  • Water

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Provided long-term daily representation of an association of electric utilities on US water regulation developments, including development of many extensive technical and legal comments on US EPA regulatory proposals.
  • Advised individual electric utilities seeking to obtain thermal variances or negotiate permit conditions related to cooling water intake structures.
  • Assisted individual electric utilities with water permit compliance questions and challenges to state rules and requirements.
  • Litigated multiparty disputes regarding hazardous waste cleanup activities.
  • Conducted safety, health and environmental reviews of a broad array of industrial facilities and providing advice regarding compliance issues.
  • Contributed to and edited a monthly update on international safety, health and environmental law for a major electronics company.



Professional Activities and Experience
  • 2017 Chambers USA Environment Law Firm of the Year


Articles

  • Wastewater Discharge Rule Changes May Be Costly, Public Power Magazine
  • Outline of RCRA/CERCLA Enforcement Issues and Holdings, Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter, 26th edition

Blogs

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