Ms. Lisa A. Kirschner | Attorney

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About Lisa

Lisa Kirschner is a shareholder and a member of the Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources department. Her practice centers on environmental matters, with a focus on compliance with local, state and federal water quality laws and regulations. She has teamed with clients to obtain, comply with and defend permits involving all aspects of water quality regulation, including surface and groundwater discharge, underground injection, municipal water supply and treatment, and wetlands. She has negotiated favorable settlement agreements on behalf of clients faced with water quality enforcement actions at both the state and federal level. Ms. Kirschner also monitors the constantly evolving maze of state and federal water quality regulations, and helps clients shape those regulations by drafting and submitting comments on their behalf. She recently drafted briefs supporting a petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court on a significant water quality permitting issue.

Ms. Kirschner writes and speaks extensively on water quality-related topics. She was a member of the University of Denver Law Review, and was a Joe Rudd Scholar and finalist in the 1989 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation's Natural Resource Writing Competition.

Related Activities and Skills:

  • Utah State Bar - Chair of the Natural Resource and Environmental Law Section (2005-2006)
  • American Bar Association - Natural Resources and Environmental Law Sections; Editor of the Natural Resources & Environment Journal
  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America

Admission

Verified Colorado

1990

Verified Utah

1990

Education

Williams College

Parsons, Behle & Latimer Highlights

Bankruptcy, Credit & Debt, Banking & Finance, Securities, Natural Resources, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, International Intellectual Property, Litigation

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