Golden Gate University

COURSES TAUGHT

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic and Seminar

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Former Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, 2001-2008

United States Department of Justice Honors Program Attorney

Member of New Source Review Utility Initiative Litigation Team, 2002-2008

Legal Writing Student Instructor, University of Minnesota Law School

Associate Articles Editor, Minnesota Law Review

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• From Dirty to Green: Increasing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Environmental Justice Communities, 58 Villanova L. Rev. 25 (2013).

• An Integrated Green Urban Electrical Grid, 36 Wm & Mary Envtl. L. & Pol'y Rev. 671 (2012).

• Why California Failed to Meet Its RPS Target, 17 West-Northwest J. of Envtl. Law & Policy 163 (Summer 2011).

• New Laws Aim to Make State Greener, The Recorder, May 12, 2011.

• Examining the Air We Breathe: EPA Should Evaluate Cumulative Impacts When It Promulgates National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 28 Pace Env'l. Law Rev. 200 (2010).

• The New Race: Speeding Up Climate Change Innovation, 11 North Carolina J. of Law & Tech. 1 (2009).

• Why CEQA Exemption Decisions Need Additional Notice Requirements, 33 ENVIRONS 111 (2009).

• A Wrong Turn Crushes Protective Air Regulations: American Trucking Ass'ns v. EPA, 85 Minnesota L.R. 319 (2000).

• Roadmapping and Legal Writing, 8 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 134 (with Brad Clary) (2000).

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Department of Justice John Marshall Award Recipient

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Gold Medal Recipient

• Department of Justice Special Commendations for Work on the Duke Energy Team, Illinois Power Trial Team, Westvaco Trial Team, and Power Plant Appellate Teams

• Department of Justice Outstanding Performance Awards in 2004 and 2007