WHO WE ARE
The Environmental & Energy Law Section’s mission is to bring together members of the New York State Bar Association interested in environmental, land use, energy, health and safety, and related issues and topics, to further the education of the legal community, the public, and governmental and elected officials on legal, administrative and policy matters.
The Section also works to facilitate the making of public policy, and to provide networking opportunities between and among attorneys in private practice, government, corporations and consulting firms.
SECTION BENEFITS
PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR YOU
We offer New York – and federal based MCLE and informational programs that address complex issues and timely topics in environmental and energy law. Each year the Section holds an in-person Annual Meeting, Fall Meeting, Oil Spill Symposium and Legislative Forum as well as virtual programs on relevant updates related to your practice.
EXCLUSIVE PUBLICATIONS AND ONLINE RESOURCES
Benefit from an online subscription to the New York Environmental Lawyer featuring peer-written substantive articles relating to the practice of environmental law on various topics, including climate change, brownfields, pollution, air quality, wetlands, and superfunds.
ONLINE COMMUNITY
Gain access to the Section’s online community where members can post queries and requests to their colleagues around the state and receive immediate responses. The community also provides access to the Section’s Global Climate Change blog.
PARTICIPATE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY LAW SECTION’S WORK
Join any of the Section’s 20+ substantive Committees to gain additional knowledge in specific areas of interest and influence the laws that can directly impact your practice. We offer Committees on topics including: climate change, air quality, risk management, environmental justice, land use, hazardous site remediation, brownfields, water quality, and many more.
CONTACT US
To learn more about this Section, please contact Lori Randle
lrandle@nysba.org
(518) 487-5582
The Environmental & Energy Law Section has been at the forefront of introducing, monitoring, and evaluating legal and policy developments at both federal and New York State levels. Section members have the opportunity to contribute to these efforts through the work of Section Committees.
Please do not contact the Section liaison with a request for legal advice or an attorney referral. You can instead visit our ‘Public Resources’ or ‘Lawyer Referral Service’ page for this type of request.
Amy Kendall
Partner, Knauf Shaw LLP
Amy focuses her practice on water-related issues. She regularly counsels clients on State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) and federal/state wetland permitting and compliance. She advocates for clients on groundwater, surface water and drinking water contamination issues. Amy also handles matters involving title to and permitting for work on underwater lands, as well as disputes concerning riparian and littoral rights.
Amy assists her clients with permitting and compliance under New York’s Coastal Erosion Hazard Area Laws. She works with her municipal clients to create Local Waterfront Development Programs (LWRPs), as well as water, sewer and aquatic growth control districts. She crafts all types of local laws for her municipal clients, including those involving zoning and planning, the regulation of docks and mooring, and floodplains.
Much of Amy’s work involves federal and state environmental and land use litigation. For over 25 years, Amy has prosecuted and defended litigation under the Clean Water Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and New York’s Oil Spill Act, as well as constitutional and common law tort claims.
Amy’s real estate law experience—including title examination—supports her litigation and transactional work and informs her approach to redevelopment issues. It also supports her volunteer work with JustCause, a legal service organization in Monroe County, representing clients that are purchasing their first homes from Greater Rochester Habitat For Humanity.
Awards
To honor distinguished service to the protection of the environment.
To recognize a member of the Environmental Law Section for outstanding contribution to the Section’s work and activities.
This fellowship program is designed to encourage law students to enter the field of environmental and energy law.
This annual competition is designed to challenge law students to analyze the environmental issues confronting us today.
Program Archive
Oil Spill Symposium – May 7, 2024
Legislative Forum 2o23 — April 26, 2023
Environmental & Energy Law Section Legislative Forum 2022 – May 18, 2022
Law Student Meet & Greet and Roundtable Discussion – February 8, 2022
2021 Annual Oil Spill Symposium – September 23, 2021
2022 Annual Meeting Agency Update – January 28, 2022
2021 Oil Spill Symposium – September 23, 2021
Meet and Greet Section Officers and Members: Environmental & Energy Law Section – June 1, 2021
COVID 19’s Impact on Environmental & Energy Law Practice: A Dialogue – April 16, 2020
Environmental and Energy Law Section Legislative Forum – May 13, 2020
Averting the “Next” Pandemic in New York – May 21, 2020
Environmental and Energy Lawyers: A Law Student’s Guide to What We Do – September 30, 2020
Environmental & Energy Law Section Meet & Greet the Section Officers and Members – December 16, 2020
