Greenberg Traurig's Kerri Barsh Presents on Environmental Policies and Issues from a Legal Perspective
's Environmental Practice , gave a presentation titled "Current Environmental Policies and Issues from the Legal Practitioner's Perspective Including the Intersections of Local, State, and Federal Regulatory Policy Matters" to students of the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy Feb. 17.
MIAMI, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Kerri L. Barsh, co-chair of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A.'s Environmental Practice, gave a presentation titled "Current Environmental Policies and Issues from the Legal Practitioner's Perspective Including the Intersections of Local, State, and Federal Regulatory Policy Matters" to students of the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy Feb. 17.
Barsh spoke about key environmental issues of the day, including climate change, water permitting in the United States, and Brownfields cleanup. She also discussed environmental law practice and a few specific matters on which she has worked, including the Lake Belt permitting, the Port of Miami tunnel, and Amillarah private floating islands. The presentation and subsequent Q&A focused on the intersections of legal, regulatory, and policy matters of an environmental nature, at all levels of government.
The Eisenhower School prepares senior military officers as well as civilians for potential national security challenges. The school uses strategic and operational concepts, advanced technology, global development identification and innovation with the armed services to achieve a coherent national security entity for the United States.
Barsh represents public and private clients on an array of environmental regulatory, permitting, and litigation matters, including transactional support and due diligence, environmental assessment and liability matters, climate change, energy and infrastructure projects, wetlands and coastal permitting, complex land use projects, air quality matters, hazardous materials contamination, and other compliance and enforcement cases. She is a member of Greenberg Traurig's Executive Committee.
About Greenberg Traurig's Environmental Practice: Greenberg Traurig's Environmental Practice represents clients with issues under the environmental and natural resource laws that affect their businesses. The firm's environmental attorneys assist with securing permits and approvals; negotiating and closing transactions; defending clients in enforcement actions; handling a broad range of environmental and toxic tort litigation; ensuring the understanding and satisfaction of regulatory requirements; preparing for and responding to emergencies; crafting approaches for legacy cleanup issues; and developing solutions for product regulation, market access, and environmental policy challenges. Greenberg Traurig received a first tier ranking in the "Environmental Law" and "Litigation — Environmental" categories in the U.S. News - Best Lawyers 2021 "Best Law Firms" report.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2400 attorneys in 42 locations in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm, often recognized for its focus on philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity and pro bono, reported gross revenue of over $2 Billion for FY 2021. The firm is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law 100, Am Law Global 100, NLJ 250, and Law360 (US) 400. On the debut 2022 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard, it is a Top 15 firm. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 4.0 Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab and net carbon neutral with respect to its office energy usage. Web: http://www.gtlaw.com.
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