HOUSTON –  Elizabeth Phillips Corey, an attorney in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group, has been recognized by Law360 as a 2025 Rising Star in the Environmental category. This esteemed distinction recognizes attorneys under 40 who are “practicing at a level usually seen from veteran attorneys.” Editors combed through 1,100 submissions before selecting winners based on career accomplishments in their respective disciplines.

“I like helping our clients come up with environmental solutions and strategies that ultimately help drive toward their broader business goals,” said Corey. “I like being part of a team with the client, and it’s especially fun when the client has a unique challenge, or we need to come up with a creative solution to their environmental issue.”

Corey’s practice focuses on sophisticated environmental law and strategy. She advises clients on diverse environmental issues nationwide, ranging from facility regulatory compliance to complex air quality permitting and compliance, chemical use authorizations, underground injection approvals and aquifer exemption applications, and transaction-related matters.  Corey also counsels clients on complex international waste transportation and management issues, emergency response and reporting, geothermal energy permitting, and environmental compliance audits of nationwide facilities.

Corey’s practice often involves unique issues at the juxtaposition of technology and environmental law, such as determining the regulatory regime for chemicals that are manufactured in outer space and returned to earth or the regulatory authorization process and compliance requirements for novel nanomaterials.

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