Holland & Knight Expands West Coast Environmental Group
August 15, 2005
Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Jennifer Hernandez and Elizabeth “Betsy” Lake have joined the firm as Partners resident in Holland & Knight’s San Francisco office.
Ranked among California’s top 10 environmental lawyers by Chambers USA – America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Ms. Hernandez has achieved national prominence in work on brownfields redevelopment, wetlands and endangered species, and complex development projects. She represents clients in the private, public and non-profit sectors in land use and environmental project permitting, compliance, litigation and public advocacy work, and teaches land use and environmental law at Stanford Law School and the University of California.
Ms. Lake’s practice focuses on natural resources and environmental transactions, complex project permitting, compliance counseling and regulatory and legislative development. She also advises clients in land use, environmental review, permitting and litigation matters for complex land use and development projects involving environmental impact reports/statements, local entitlements, wetlands and endangered species issues. Ms. Lake brings significant experience in the enactment and amendment of environmental and land use statutes and regulations as well as environmental management, audit and enforcement matters involving federal, state and local agency regulation of air and water quality, hazardous materials and waste management, radioactive and medical product and material management, worker safety, wetlands, protected species and land use.
Ms. Hernandez and Ms. Lake are being joined by five associates and one senior counsel, who will work in San Francisco, and one of counsel and one associate, who will work in Holland & Knight’s Los Angeles office:
David Friedman Of Counsel, Land Use and Environmental Law
Peter Landreth Associate, Litigation and Project Development
Amanda Monchamp Associate, Land Use and Environmental Law
Andrea Sumits Senior Counsel, Environmental Law
Nicole Leonard Associate, Environmental Law
Tamsen Plume Associate, Land Use and Environmental Law
Danielle Sveska Associate, Land Use and Environmental Law
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