- Board of directors, ChamberRVA
- Board of directors, NextUp
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Fellow, American College of Environmental Lawyers (2022)
- Board member, Library of Virginia Foundation
- Board member, Richmond Jazz Society
- Board member and past chair, Richmond CultureWorks
- Board member emeritus, Capital Region Land Conservancy
- Board member emeritus, Richmond Public Library Foundation
- Past chair, VCU Rice Rivers Center for Environmental Life Sciences
- Past chair, Richmond Business Council, Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce
- Past Executive Committee officer and Board member, Maymont Foundation
- Past officer and Executive Board member, VIRGINIAforever
- Past chair, Environmental and Administrative Law Sections, Virginia Bar Association and Virginia State Bar
- Past trustee, Virginia Land Conservation Foundation
- Past trustee, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation
Education
- Vermont Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1996
- University of Richmond, B.A., 1992
Bar Admissions
- Virginia
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Speaker, “Regulatory Briefing: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation, and Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources,” 23rd Annual Virginia Environmental Health & Safety (VEHS) Conference & Expo, September 10, 2025.
- Speaker, “Unlocking Air Compliance: Beyond Permits and Into RMP Insights,” 2025 Food and Beverage Environmental Conference, March 31-April 3, 2025.
- Speaker, “Interactions between the CWA and Other Laws,” American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, October 18, 2024.
- Speaker, “Virginia Department of Environmental Quality & Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Regulatory Briefing, and Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources“, 2024 Virginia Environmental Health & Safety Conference, September 19, 2024.
- Panelist, “Water Law Developments,” ALI/ELI Environmental Law 2024 Conference, February 22-23, 2024.
- Speaker, “The Vital Importance of Pipeline and Transmission Infrastructure to Decarbonization,” Energy Law Insights, February 14, 2024.
- Speaker, “The Continuing Impact of Coal Ash,” Energy Law Insights, January 31, 2024.
- Moderator, “Blueprint for Success: Integrating Infrastructure and Economic Development,” Virginia Forum on Infrastructure and Its Impact on Economic Development, September 26, 2023.
- Speaker, “Sackett v. EPA and the Future of the Clean Water Act,” ALI CLE, June 7, 2023.
- Speaker, “Recent Developments in Water and Wetlands,” ALI/ELI Environmental Law 2023, February 17, 2023
- Speaker, Metallurgical Coal Producers Association, 42nd Annual Conference & Expo, May 21-24, 2022, Roanoke, WV.
- Speaker, American Forest & Paper Association, AF&PA Fall General Counsels Coordinating Committee (GCCC) Meeting, October 5, 2021, Atlanta, GA.
- Co-presenter, Environmental Law & Litigation 101 for Electric Utilities, EUCI Online Course, “National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species,” September 10, 2020.
- Panel speaker, Ecological Restoration Business Association, ERBA’s 2020 Policy Conference, “Water Quality Markets – Ecological Restoration as a Way to Increase Implementation,” March 5, 2020, Washington, D.C.
- Speaker, Richmond Bar Association Environmental & Energy Law Section, CLE Seminar, Lunch and Annual Meeting, “Legal Developments Involving Discharges Through Hydrologically Connected Groundwater,” June 7, 2019, Richmond, VA.
- Keynote panelist, Virginia Coal & Energy Alliance, Southern States Energy Board and Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research Annual Conference & Expo, “Embarking on Coal’s New Era,” May 21, 2019, Kingsport, TN.
- Panelist, “Carbon Regulation: The Holistic View,” The Thirty-Seventh Annual National Regulatory Conference, May 17, 2019, William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, VA.
- Speaker, American Bar Association 128th Summer Meeting, “Current Topics in Environmental And Energy Law: Coal Ash Litigation, Regulation & Legislation,” July 21, 2018, Hot Springs, VA.
- Speaker, American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources 26th Fall Conference, “Staying Afloat in the Deluge of Clean Water Act Developments,” October 19, 2018, San Diego, CA.
- Panelist, Virginia Bar Association, 128th Summer Meeting, “Current Topics in Environmental and Energy Law: Electric Energy Litigation, Legislation, & Regulation,” July 21, 2018, Hot Springs, VA.
- Moderator, 2018 Virginia Energy Conference, “The Role of Sustainable Infrastructure in Corporate Strategy,” Virginia Chamber of Commerce, May 23, 2018, Richmond, VA.
- Panelist, Virginia Coal & Energy Alliance, Southern States Energy Board, Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research Annual Conference & Expo, “The New Vision for Coal,” May 21-22, 2018, Kingsport, TN.
- Speaker, “Environmental Developments at the Federal and State Level,” Virginia Coal & Energy Alliance Annual Professional Engineers in Mining Seminar, March 29, 2018, Lebanon, VA.
- Speaker, American Coal Ash Association (ACAA), 2018 Workshop on Current Issues in Ponded CCPs, March 20, 2018, Richmond, VA.
- Co-author, “Extreme Makeover – NEPA Edition: Permitting Agencies Strip Their Environmental Review Regulations Down To The Studs,” Troutman Pepper Locke, July 9, 2025.
- Co-author, “One-Track Mind: Unanimous SCOTUS Decision on Rail Line Approval Further Narrows Scope of NEPA,” Troutman Pepper Locke, May 30, 2025.
- Co-author, “President Trump Moves to Repeal NEPA Regulations,” Troutman Pepper Locke, February 20, 2025.
- Co-author, “Keeping Track of the Trump Executive Actions,” Troutman Pepper Locke, February 13, 2025.
- Co-author, “A Hard Look at CEQ’s Hard Luck: North Dakota Court Decision Accelerates NEPA Regulations’ Rapid Fall,” Troutman Pepper Locke, February 6, 2025.
- Co-author, “Recent Executive Action May Impact PFAS Regulation,” Troutman Pepper Locke, February 3, 2025.
- Co-author, “California Adopts Landmark GHG Emissions and Climate Risk Reporting Laws, Eclipsing Anticipated Federal Requirements,” Troutman Pepper, October 13, 2023.
- Co-author, “Feasibility Assessment for Water Quality Trading in Lake Winnipeg, Canada – Phase 1,” Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) – 2021 Technical Report, December 2021.
- Co-author, “National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Compliance Measurement Methods as Context for Water Quality Trading Programs,” Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), May 9, 2018.
- Co-author, “Water Quality Trading: Setting the Record Straight,” Natural Resources & Environment, Winter 2017.
- Author, “The Case for Water Quality Trading,” National Water Quality Trading Alliance, July 27, 2016.
- Author, “Multidistrict Transfer and Consolidation – WOTUS Cases,” American Bar Association’s Natural Resources & Environment Journal, spring 2016.
- Co-author, “The Clean Water Act Permit Shield—Recent Battles,” 29 ABA Natural Resources & Environment 15 (2015).
- Co-author, “Environmental Compliance and Commitment From the Top,” Corporate Counsel, March 17, 2014.
- Co-author, “The Truth About Mercury TMDLs,” Trends, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Newsletter, January/February 2013.
- Author, “Should ‘Daily’ Really Mean ‘Daily’ in TMDL?,” Water Environment Laboratory Solutions, October 1, 2007.
- Author, “UAAs and the Standards-Setting Process,” ASABE Fourth Conference on Watershed Management to Meet Water Quality Standards and TMDLs, March 2007.
- Quoted, “Big Law Firm Merger Brings New Name to Downtown Legal Scene,” Richmond BizSense, January 14, 2025.
- Quoted, “Former EPA Official Warns Maui Guide Deviates From SCOTUS Decision,” Inside EPA, December 4, 2023.
- Interviewed, “States ‘Hungry’ for Cybersecurity Guide Despite SDWA Suit, Attorneys Say,” Inside EPA, September 11, 2023.
- Quoted, “Lawyers Eye Maui as Potential Avenue for CWA Enforcement Post-Sackett,” InsideEPA, June 7, 2023.
- Quoted, “US Supreme Court’s Wetlands Ruling May Speed Clean Energy, Transmission Projects,” S&P Global Market Intelligence, June 7, 2023.
- Quoted, “4th Circ. Says Water Act Liability Shield Blocks Mine Suit,” Law360, March 30, 2021.
- Quoted, “Law and Disorder: Pandemic Brings Wave of Cuts, New Cases to Law Firms,” Virginia Business, August 29, 2020.
- Quoted, “EPA Loosens Water Quality Trading Policy to Spur Growth,” Law360. February 14, 2019.
- Quoted, “9th Circ. Ruling Broadens Reach of CWA Pollution Liability,” Law360, Feb. 1, 2018.
- Quoted, “Judge Wants to Hear Dueling Va. Coal Mine Pollution Suits,” Law360, Jan. 19, 2018.
- Quoted, “9th Circuit Ruling Hints at Bumpy Road for Water Rule Redo,” Law360, Dec. 1, 2017.
- Quoted, “Water Quality Trading Needs Restrictions, Group Says in Lawsuit,” Bloomberg BNA, Feb. 14, 2017.
- Quoted, “Can Trump Deliver on Immense Energy, Climate Promises?” Greenwire, Nov. 14, 2016.
- Quoted, “Will Trump Target Estuary’s ‘Pollution Diet‘?” Greenwire, Nov. 11, 2016.
- Quoted, “Infrared Camera Use Growing in Oil and Gas Sector,” Bloomberg BNA, March 30, 2016.
- Quoted, “Clash Over Mining Rules Ahead,” Bloomberg BNA, Online, Jan. 12, 2016.
- Mentioned, “Environmental Cases to Watch in 2016,” Law360, Dec. 24, 2015.
- Mentioned, “Discharge Permit Renewal Makes Appeal Moot,” Bloomberg BNA, Dec. 15, 2015.
- Mentioned, “War Over ‘Waters of the U.S.’ Rule,” Law360, Oct. 13, 2015.
- Quoted, “Red River Coal Co. Scores Win in Virginia CWA Suit,” Law360, April 14, 2014.
- Mentioned, “Federal Court Defers to Va. Agency, Rules Coal Company Didn’t Violate NPDES Permit,” Bloomberg BNA, April 14, 2015.
- Quoted, “EPA Says State, Not Federal, Rules Needed to Encourage Water Trading,” Inside Washington Publishers, Dec. 15, 2014.
- Quoted, “Attorneys Say Determining Trading Baseline for Water From Nonpoint Sources Is Difficult,” Commonwealth BNA Daily Environment Report, Nov. 19, 2014.