With experience on a wide range of cross-cutting environmental, energy and administrative law issues, Kerry’s clients rely on her thorough legal analysis to build comprehensive regulatory and compliance strategies tailored to their business objectives.
Kerry advises clients on all aspects of environmental permitting and compliance for complex projects and operations, including, among others, electric transmission, distribution, and other structures across federal lands, power generation facilities and renewable generation projects, manufacturing facilities, housing and development projects, mine projects, and pipelines and related facilities. Kerry regularly assists applicants in obtaining and defending federal permits for complicated energy and development projects, serving as project counsel for a number of renewable energy, carbon capture and sequestration, and linear infrastructure projects. She has extensive experience helping clients with Clean Water Act section 404 dredge and fill permitting, NEPA reviews, endangered species issues, rights of way on federal lands, and tribal and cultural resources consultation. She also advises clients on the changing Environmental Justice requirements and best practices. She has significant experience with federal litigation, including litigation related to administrative rulemakings and defense of major federal environmental permits.
A burgeoning thought leader, Kerry often serves as a speaker and panelist at legal and industry conferences and seminars around the country. She is the author of numerous articles and editorials on environmental, natural resources and regulatory issues, and is a frequent contributor to the firm’s environmental law blog, The Nickel Report.
Kerry received her JD from George Washington University Law School and her BA from Vanderbilt University.
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