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Four Environmental Practice shareholders from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP are listed in the Lawdragon Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law guide.

The guide recognizes the following Greenberg Traurig attorneys:

• Kerri L. Barsh, Environmental Regulatory & Transactions, Miami
• Julie P. Kendig-Schrader, Environmental & Land Use Law, Orlando
• Jillian C. Kirn, Environmental Law & Litigation, Philadelphia
• Maribel N. Nicholson-Choice, Environmental & Land Use Law, Tallahassee

According to Lawdragon, this year’s guide features attorneys who work to protect the environment and help their clients achieve more sustainable business practices with the goal of creating a greener future. Honorees were selected through journalistic reporting, nominations, and vetting by peers in environmental law.

Barsh is co-chair of the firm’s Environmental Practice and represents public and private clients on an array of environmental regulatory, permitting, and litigation matters, including transactional support and due diligence, environmental assessment and liability matters, climate change, energy and infrastructure projects, wetlands and coastal permitting, complex land use projects, air quality matters, hazardous materials contamination, and other compliance and enforcement cases.

Kendig-Schrader represents clients in land use and environmental matters as well as administrative litigation. Keeping sustainability concerns and initiatives in mind, she works with clients to create public/private partnerships for infrastructure needs, particularly those related to transportation.

Kirn focuses her practice on complex environmental and energy litigation, regulatory compliance counseling, and resolution of environmental liabilities identified during transactions. She regularly counsels clients regarding environmental issues arising from innovative projects and the development and implementation of sustainability, Environmental, Social, and Governance, and environmental, health, and safety management programs.

Nicholson-Choice has 30 years of experience with matters involving local government, land use, brownfields, environmental justice, and construction, with an emphasis on negotiating and resolving complex environmental permitting, due diligence, and litigation matters. She serves as environmental and land use counsel on multi-million-dollar projects and transactions, and she advises lending institutions on environmental liability.

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