Meaghan Colligan Hembree

Meaghan Colligan Hembree is an attorney licensed in Washington, D.C., and New York and a member of Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group. She focuses her practice in the areas of environmental, land use, renewable energy and municipal law.

Ms. Hembree provides strategic legal, policy and business advice to manufacturing, transportation and energy clients that are developing innovative technologies and sustainable practices that reduce emissions, increase renewable energy, increase the recyclability of products, and reduce the amount of waste in landfills and the ocean. Her work is grounded in guiding and assisting industries with formulating regulatory, legislative, and operational pathways to create and transition to a circular economy and deploy renewable energy.

While the nation transitions with a focus on environmental sustainability goals (ESGs) and decarbonizing, Ms. Hembree assists companies with mitigating environmental contamination risks and successful reuse of impacted properties. This work includes Superfund, Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and tort litigation and enforcement defense; brownfield redevelopment with renewable energy sources; and environmental support in real estate and corporate transactions involving potentially contaminated land and compliance concerns. Ms. Hembree has extensive experience with issues related to site selection and permitting for innovative development, and emerging contaminants, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Ms. Hembree also assists companies with preventing new impacts through the development and management of environmental, health and safety compliance programs. Her work includes frequent contact with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state environmental regulatory agencies; negotiations between companies regarding their "fair share" of cleanup costs for historic contamination at large Superfund sites; and complex financial, business, insurance and engineering risk analysis.