Lewis Brisbois is excited to announce the addition of four attorneys to the firm’s Environmental & Administrative Law Practice in its Washington, D.C. office. Jane C. Luxton and Karen C. Bennett join as partners and co-chairs of the newly expanded practice. The group also includes William J. Walsh, who joins as a partner, and Amanda L. Tharpe, who joins as an associate.
“We are truly excited about this new team and the experience they’re bringing to this practice area,” said Todd R. Seelman, who serves as the firm’s Antitrust & Government Investigations National Practice Chair and co-managing partner of Lewis Brisbois’ office in D.C. “When we opened our D.C. office earlier this year, developing our administrative law capacity was top of mind. It’s an incredibly important area for our clients, both in our nation’s capital and across the country.”
The four attorneys come as a group from another national firm where they focused on environmental and administrative law matters. The new team brings to Lewis Brisbois a wealth of government and industry experience. Ms. Luxton served as a senior trial attorney in the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, and general counsel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) during the George W. Bush administration; Mr. Walsh served as chief of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Drinking Water and Wetlands Enforcement Branch, and acted as lead EPA counsel on precedent-setting hazardous waste lawsuits; Ms. Bennett was Vice President for Environmental Affairs at the National Mining Association, a D.C.-based trade association that represents the mining industry before Congress and regulatory agencies; and Ms. Tharpe has over a dozen years of experience on Capitol Hill, advising House and Senate members on a variety of environmental policy issues.
Lewis Brisbois opened its D.C. office in January 2019 with the hiring of experienced antitrust attorney Katherine I. Funk, who co-manages the office with Mr. Seelman.
“I’m looking forward to working with this well-established and knowledgeable team,” said Ms. Funk. “Their combined experience and connections across federal and state governmental agencies enables Lewis Brisbois to provide clients with exceptionally robust environmental and administrative law expertise.”
Source: lewisbrisbois.com
