Maggie P. Pahl
Associate
Overview
Maggie P. Pahl is an environmental attorney in Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office and a member of the Public Policy & Regulation Group. Ms. Pahl focuses her practice on a wide range of environmental litigation, transactional and regulatory matters.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Pahl served a one-year clerkship for the Honorable Gary Potters in the family division of the New Jersey Superior Courts, Hudson Vicinage.
While law school, Ms. Pahl was an inaugural scholar for the Sustainable Business Law Hub Scholars Program and a senior associate for the Pace Environmental Law Review. She also interned for the Honorable Vera Scanlon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York as part of the Federal Judicial Honors Program.
Ms. Pahl completed additional internships at a private equity investment firm, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Hazardous Waste and Toxic Substances Branch. She also worked as a student attorney for the school's Food and Beverage Law Clinic, where she provided transactional legal services to small farms, food and beverage entrepreneurs, and nonprofit organizations. As part of her work in the clinic, Ms. Pahl developed congressional policy recommendations for publication by the Farm Bill Law Enterprise.
Not yet admitted to District of Columbia Bar; admitted to New York Bar only and practicing under supervision of lawyers licensed to practice in District of Columbia.
Credentials
- Pace University School of Law, J.D., Environmental Law Advanced Certificate, summa cum laude
- Barnard College, Columbia University, B.A., Urban Studies with Concentration in Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, cum laude
- New York
- American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) Environmental, Social, Governance and Sustainability Committee, Vice Chair for Written Content, 2024-2025
- New York City Bar Association, Environmental Law Committee, 2024-2026
- Merit Scholarship, Pace University School of Law, 2020-2023
- Helena Rubinstein Foundation Endowment Scholarship, Columbia University, 2018
- Department Thesis Honors, Barnard College, Columbia University, 2020
- Emerging Young Women Leader Award, Bella Abzug Leadership Institute. 2017