Background
Areas of Experience and Focus
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Environmental counseling regarding issues affecting real estate development and transactions
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Brownfields
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Assisting landowners, developers, lenders and Fortune 500 companies to obtain regulatory closure (no further action letters) for sites with petroleum contamination from USTs
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Compiling environmental documents and negotiating endorsements for the issuance of an environmental insurance policy in connection with the sale of a former manufacturing facility
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Coordinating environmental issues associated with a plant closing, including document retention, UST removal, remediation oversight and permit termination
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Represent landowners in wind development projects
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Environmental Litigation
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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Represented several companies in Ohio Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board coverage disputes
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Defense of asbestos claims against a gasket manufacturer
Achievements/Honors
Professional Involvement
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Commercial Real Estate Women of Columbus, Inc.- Committee Chair
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Columbus Bar Association
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Ohio State Bar Association, Environmental Law Committee, Secretary
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Columbus Metropolitan Club Program Committee, Member 2008-2009
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Ohio Women Lawyers Association
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Columbus Council on World Affairs
Publications and Presentations
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"Will You Marry Me? Wind Energy Development in Ohio", coauthor with David Nash, GEO News Wind Energy Edition, June 2009
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"Underground Storage Tanks: Property Owners, Potential Purchasers Need to Understand Compliance Regulations" Properties Magazine October 2007
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Presented at the November 2006 NBI "Advanced Issues in Real Estate" seminar
