July 27, 2023
For Immediate Release
Contact: admin@acoel.org
(Washington, DC): The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) is proud to welcome 27 new Active Fellows to membership in the College this year. Each individual in the ACOEL’s Class of 2023 is an environmental lawyer selected for their distinguished experience, high standards of practice, and substantial contributions to the field of environmental law. As a group, the new Fellows hail from 18 states plus the District of Columbia, and have backgrounds in government service, public interest, academia, and private practice.
The ACOEL’s President, Kenneth J. Warren of Warren Environmental Counsel, LLC, announced the new members with the following statement: “Our new Fellows have shown that they are among the very best practitioners of environmental law in the country. Collectively, they represent tremendous depth, breadth, and diversity of experience. We are pleased to welcome them to the College on the basis of their career achievements and thought leadership.”
The newly-elected Active Fellows are:
Todd Anderson*
Deputy Director of Legal
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Donald Blankenau
Partner
BWJ Law Group
Megan R. Brillault
Principal
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Kate Campbell
Partner
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP
Joan Card
Partner
Culp & Kelly, LLP
H. Jordan Diamond
President
Environmental Law Institute
Erik Grafe
Deputy Managing Attorney
Earthjustice
Frank S. Holleman, III
Senior Attorney
Southern Environmental Law Center
Darcie L. Houck*
Commissioner
California Public Utilities Commission
Brian D. Israel
Partner
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
William J. Jackson
Partner
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Laurence S. Kirsch
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
David Kreutzer*
First Assistant Attorney General
Attorney General’s Office
Colorado Department of Law
Dawn M. Lamparello
Partner
K&L Gates LLP
Benjamin Machlis
Partner
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Felicia Marcus
William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow
Water in the West Program
Stanford University
Thomas A. Mariani, Jr.*
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section
U.S. Department of Justice
Stacey H. Mitchell
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Jessica O’Neill
Senior Attorney
PennFuture
Erika K. Powers
Partner
Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
James L. Pray
Member
BrownWinick Law Firm
Daniel A. Ruzow
Partner
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP
Seth Schofield*
Senior Appellate Counsel
Energy and Environment Bureau
Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
Mary Katherine H. Stukes
Member
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
Jeffrey D. Talbert
Partner
Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Chartered, LLP
E. Fitzgerald Veira
Partner
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Chris J. Williams
Shareholder
Maynard Nexsen PC
*Fellows who are employed by federal, state, or local governmental agencies participate in the ACOEL in their personal capacities only, and not as governmental representatives.