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Associate
Environmental
Washington
(202) 955-1893 Phone
(202) 778-2201 Fax
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Endangered and
Threatened Species
Environmental
Environmental
Enforcement and
Defense
Land Use & Land Use
Litigation
Superfund
Waste
Water Quantity
Wetlands, Endangered
Species & Natural
Resources
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Practice focuses on environmental and administrative law, with an emphasis on wetlands permitting and associated issues under the Clean Water Act, NEPA, and the Endangered Species Act, and on CERCLA and hazardous waste cases throughout the country. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Brown was an Attorney-Advisor in the Solicitor's Honors Program in the Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, advising client agencies, including the Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Reclamation, on environmental matters. Representative clients include water agencies, trade associations, solid waste companies, and developers.
Relevant Experience 
- Represent national industry association in litigation challenging rules issued by the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
- Counsel to coalition of water agencies in litigation challenging the Bureau of Reclamation's operation of the Rio Grande River under the Endangered Species Act.
- Counsel to water district in litigation challenging the Bureau of Reclamation's operation of the lower Colorado River and proposed lining of the All-American Canal under NEPA and the Endangered Species Act.
- Represent major waste management company in CERCLA, RCRA, and Natural Resource Damages litigation and alternative dispute resolution proceedings involving sites in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Puerto Rico.
- Represent land developers on jurisdictional determinations and the use of general permits under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
- Advised landowner on options for development and sale of property inhabited by endangered species.
Representative Published Cases - National Association of Home Builders v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 440 F.3d 459 (D.C. Cir. 2006)
- National Association of Home Builders v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 417 F.3d 1272 (D.C. Cir. 2005)
- Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, A.C. v. United States, 417 F. Supp. 2d 1176 (D. Nev. 2006); 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48182 (D. Nev. July 3, 2006); and 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43188 (D. Nev. June 23, 2006)
- National Association of Home Builders v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70851 (D.D.C. Sept. 29, 2006)
Background
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Vice Chair, Endangered Species Committee, American Bar Association Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources
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Adjunct Professor, The George Washington University Law School, 2007 to present
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Solicitor's Honors Program, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., 2001-02
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Law Clerk, Honorable Francis M. Allegra, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Washington, D.C., 2000-01
Membership
- Member, District of Columbia Bar, Maryland State Bar, American Bar Association Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources, Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- Admitted: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the Ninth Circuit, and the Tenth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Pro Bono Work
- Member of Firm's Pro Bono Committee.
- Represent detainees at Guantánamo Bay in habeas corpus proceedings and numerous asylum applicants before the Department of Homeland Security.
- Recipient of the E. Randolph Williams Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service, 2003-08.
Education - J.D., The George Washington University Law School, with high honors; Articles Editor, The George Washington International Law Review; Order of the Coif, 2000
- B.A., Northwestern University, 1996
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Karma Brown
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