I live in Brooklyn, and am an attorney with Sive, Paget and Riesel, a boutique environmental law and renewable energy law firm. I am an honors graduate of Columbia Law School, and hold a B.A. and M.A. in politics from McGill University, also with honors.
I enjoy cooking, science fiction, and am a dual U.S./Canadian citizen.
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Admissions
- State of New York
- Southern District of New York
- Eastern District of New York
Select Recognitions and Leadership
- New York City Environmental Law Leadership Institute, Graduate
- Senior Articles Editor, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
- Best Note Prize, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
- Best in Class Prize, Columbia Law School, Environmental Law
- M.A. Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Guy Drummond Fellowship, McGill University
- Graduate Research Fellow, L’institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
Select Publications
- Regulatory Best Practices For Remediation of Toxic Legacy Contamination, co-author, Blacksmith Institute (2013)
- Storm King environmental law principle at risk after ruling, (interviewee), lohud.com (March 30, 2013)
- Reconciling Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife and Massachusetts v. EPA on the Set of Procedural Rights Eligible for Relaxed Article III Standing, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 37, No. 1 (2012) (awarded Best Note Prize)
- Is Delaware the Best Place to Incorporate a Nonprofit?, Community Enterprise Law, Sustainable Economies Law Center, Fall 2013
- Delaware’s New Benefit Corporation Legislation, Community Enterprise Law, Sustainable Economies Law Center, Fall 2013.
Sive, Paget and Riesel Blog Posts
- SPR Partner Dan Chorost Elected to Sustainable Westchester’s Founding Board of Directors
- Governor Vetoes Brownfield Cleanup Program Extension Bill
- Ten SPR Attorneys Recognized for Excellence by Super Lawyers Magazine
- New York Court of Appeals Affirms Municipalities’ Right to Restrict Hydraulic Fracturing
- New York State Commits Nearly $1 Billion to Support Solar Energy Over the Next Ten Years
- New York Court of Appeals Set to Hear Arguments about Local Limits on Fracking
- Solar Power in Governor Cuomo’s 2014 State of the State Report
- Significant Increase in Federal Trade Commission “Greenwashing” Enforcement in 2013
- Best Practices for Remediation Policies in Latin America Identified in Recent Report
- New York Releases New Guidance for PCE Levels in Indoor & Outdoor Air
- NYT Bloomberg Retrospective Highlights Projects for which SPR Provided Counsel
- SPR Receives Top Honors from U.S. News and World Report & Best Lawyers
- Recent Supreme Court Decision May Affect Environmental Standing
- Governor Cuomo’s 2013 State of the State Address Indicates Bright Future for Solar in New York