- Air Quality + Climate Change
- Chemicals, Pesticides + Product Regulation
- Contaminated Sites + Waste Management
- Ecosystem Markets
- Environmental + Natural Resources
- Environmental Due Diligence
- Environmental Litigation + Enforcement Defense
- Environmental, Social + Governance (ESG)
- Hydropower
- Litigation + Trial
- Natural Resources
- Release Reporting
- Water Quality + Water Resources
- Member, Board of Directors, Women’s Lincoln Park Zoo Board
- Member, Board of Directors, Women In Law Empowerment Forum
- Member, The Economic Club of Chicago
- Member, Energy, Environment and Resources Section, American Bar Association
Education
- Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1997
- Boston University, B.A., cum laude, 1993, English literature
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- California (Inactive)
- Moderator, “Industrial Outdoor Storage Update,” Bisnow, December 9, 2020.
- Co-author, “New York’s New Spill Reporting Requirements and Potential Ramifications fo Environmental Due Diligence,” Environmental Law in New York, Vol. 35, No. 4, April 2024.
- Co-author, “Treatment of Insurance Proceeds with the Stafford Act’s Public Assistance Grant Program,” Coverage Magazine, November-December 2011.
- Author, “Implications of Climate Change on Global Food Security,” ABA Journal of Natural Resources & Environment, Summer 2011.
- Profiled, “Women of Influence Honoree: Susan Charles, Troutman Pepper,” Chicago Business Journal, October 18, 2021.