Experience
- Represents a retail and consumer products manufacturer in class action suit alleging unlawful releases of ethanol onto a neighboring property.
- Represents mineral rights owner in a challenge alleging Administrative Procedure Act (APA), NEPA, ESA, and National Park Service (NPS) regulation violations against an NPS approval of a 3D seismic geophysical survey in a National Preserve.
- Advises a large multinational oil and gas company regarding compliance with Endangered Species Act consultation and permitting obligations triggered by time-sensitive PHMSA operations and maintenance requirements.
- Represents agricultural manufacturing company in a new EPA and State investigation into a release of hazardous substances and defense of potential exposure of products for treated waste shipped to the plant.
- Represents multinational oil and gas company in climate change litigation in California, in claims by cities and counties that our client, along with other oil and gas companies, is liable under state common law nuisance and product liability theories.
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Education
JD, Howard University School of Law, 2014
LLM, International and Comparative Law, The George Washington University Law School, 2007
Legal Education Certificate, Norman Manley Law School, Jamaica, 2005
LLB, University of the West Indies, 2003
Admissions
District of Columbia
Maryland
Government Services
Trial Attorney, US Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Natural Resources Section
Law Clerk, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Waste and Chemical Enforcement Division
Areas of Focus
Additional Service Areas
- Climate Change
- Endangered Species Act
- Energy Regulation
- Energy Transition
- Environmental Justice
- Extractive Industries: Mining & Mineral Processing, Oil & Gas
- Land Use
- Natural Resources
- Oil, Gas and LNG
- Pipeline
- Water
- Water Quality, Wetlands, Groundwater, and Drinking Water
- Real Estate Investment and Finance