Megan is an environmental and energy attorney who delivers resourceful solutions and helps power the future.
Megan represents clients in connection with renewable energy projects across the country. She has served as a team lead and an environmental and permitting specialist on wind, solar, battery storage, anaerobic digester and carbon capture projects in 36 states. She represents developers, construction lenders, tax equity investors, and buyers and sellers, allowing her to employ a well-rounded understanding of the priorities and concerns of parties on all sides of the deal. Megan ensures the proper permits and studies are in place for projects in areas such as air, water, waste, species, transportation and aviation. She prepares and negotiates legal opinion letters; negotiates financing, equity and purchase agreements; and works to manage wind and solar clients’ environmental liability risks.
In addition to her renewable energy work, Megan maintains an active traditional environmental practice. She guides clients through regulatory compliance issues they encounter in daily operations, such as environmental permitting, release reporting, internal compliance audits, inspections and enforcement actions. She counsels clients on environmental issues that arise in real estate transactions, analyzing site assessments and negotiating environmental contractual provisions.
Although primarily a transactional lawyer, Megan is not afraid to litigate. She represents companies in complex, multiparty environmental litigation, has second chaired a jury trial and taken depositions, and has negotiated millions of dollars in pre-litigation settlements. Businesses look to Megan to defend them against California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) notices and lawsuits, coordinate preventative audits, and implement Prop 65 warning label programs.
Megan’s technical background – an undergraduate degree in chemistry and research internships at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and NASA – allows her to weigh in on complex technical issues.