Laura is a Senior Attorney in Arnold & Porter’s Environmental Practice Group. She assists clients with complex environmental matters, including affirmative and defensive litigation and all aspects of administrative law. She has a particular interest in research, writing, and expert work.
Prior to joining the firm, Laura practiced contaminated sites law at a Chambers-ranked law firm and advised the water and air bureaus of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection as an Assistant Attorney General. She also managed the top-ranked environmental law program at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, where she served as an adjunct professor and worked closely with faculty and students on environmental law research, publications, and conferences, among other things.
Laura served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ellen A. Gorman, Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, and interned for the Honorable Patty Shwartz, former United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey.
Experience
- A group of over 70 companies in three litigation matters regarding CERCLA remediation costs associated with the Lower Passaic River in New Jersey estimated $1.8 billion.*
- Large trust in successful Second Circuit Appeal overturning Northern District of New York dismissal of CERCLA Section 107 and 113 claims.*
- Chemical company in PFAS litigation brought by the State of Maine for Natural Resource Damages for alleged contamination.*
- Maine Department of Environmental Protection in permitting of a proposed $500 million land based aquaculture facility and related litigation.*
*Reflects experience at previous employer.
Recognition
Credentials
Education
- LL.M., Environmental Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, 2012, summa cum laude
- J.D., Environmental Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, 2011, magna cum laude
- B.A., English Literature, Fordham University, 2008, cum laude
Admissions
- Maine
- New Jersey
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Maine
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Government & Military Service
- Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Maine Attorney General (2019-2022)
Clerkships
- Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, The Honorable Ellen A. Gorman