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Represents corporations, investment funds, real estate developers, and financial institutions on matters relating to compliance with federal, state, and local environmental and health and safety laws and regulations. Routinely evaluates liabilities and counsels clients with a wide variety of operations, including waste management operations, energy generation and sale, real estate development, telecommunications, pharmaceutical manufacturing, pulp and paper operations, and airport management. Practice currently focuses primarily on counseling clients on environmental issues attendant to corporate and real estate transactions and public offerings; drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contractual agreements covering environmental aspects of business and real estate transactions; counseling clients on environmental compliance, including permitting and the implementation of environmental management systems; defending clients against alleged violations of environmental law or liability for environmental contamination; and representing clients on the management of hazardous waste cleanup sites and the development of “brownfield” properties.. Practice areas include environmental compliance and defense with a focus on air and water pollution control issues, solid and hazardous waste management and cleanup, and climate change.. This material may be considered attorney advertising under certain rules of professional attorney conduct. No attorney-client relationship is created when you contact me.

Philip Moffat founded Verdant Law to address the growing demand for sustainability-focused legal services and provide clients with practical, cost-effective solutions to environmental and product-regulatory challenges. He graduated with high honors from the University of Florida Levin College of Law while earning a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering Sciences and was inducted into the Order of the Coif for superior academic achievement.. Mr. Moffat has extensive experience advising companies of all sizes—from emerging businesses to some of the largest corporations featured in Newsweek’s “Green Rankings.” His practice focuses primarily on the environmental regulation of products, including compliance with green marketing requirements, product stewardship obligations, chemical management under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as well as state-level product content and labeling laws. He also counsels clients on international regulatory standards and traditional environmental programs governing air, water, and waste, which influence and regulate products at various stages of their lifecycle. Mr. Moffat has represented the United States in negotiations on nanotechnology standards before the International Organization for Standardization.. In addition to regulatory counseling and transactional support, Mr. Moffat defends clients in enforcement actions and litigation. His work spans federal and state environmental laws and covers a wide range of industries, including chemicals, consumer products, packaging, and alternative energy. Journalists frequently seek his perspective on the regulatory and liability implications of emerging technologies, sustainable product innovation, and evolving environmental policies.

Nick Lawton is a Senior Associate at Eubanks & Associates, LLC. Previously, Nick was an Associate at Meyer Glitzenstein & Eubanks from 2015-2019. Nick’s legal specialties include advocating for protection of wildlife and natural resources, environmentally sustainable energy production, and government transparency. Nick has won several major victories in federal appellate and trial courts as lead counsel or co-counsel.. Nick received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2013 along with certificates in Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Intellectual Property. During law school, Nick served as Form and Style Editor for Animal Law Review for two years. He also gained practical litigation experience through clerkships at the Environmental Enforcement Section of the U.S. Department of Justice and Lewis & Clark’s environmental law clinic, Earthrise Law Center. After graduation, he served as an Energy Fellow, earning an LL.M. in Environmental and Natural Resources Law while also helping to found the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School. At the Green Energy Institute, Nick worked to design and advocate for effective ways to promote distributed renewable energy, particularly rooftop solar power, in an effort to mitigate climate change while avoiding the negative environmental impacts of utility-scale development. Nick’s publications include white papers on reducing the soft costs of distributed solar power and on modernizing building standards to require rooftop solar panels, as well as a law review article that earned a prize from the American Bar Association Public Lands section, Utah’s Transfer of Public Lands Act: Demanding a Gift of Federal Lands, 16 Vt. J. Env. L. 1 (2014). Before law school, Nick earned a B.A. in English, cum laude, with an emphasis in creative writing from Pomona College. He spent several years as a starving artist before deciding to put his pen to use as a public interest attorney.. Nick is a member of the Oregon State Bar and the Washington, D.C. Bar. He is also admitted to practice before the Ninth and D.C. Circuits, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.. In his spare time, Nick can be found hiking in Shenandoah National Park or Rock Creek Park and playing guitar on his patio.

Elizabeth Lewis has always had a passion for environmental conservation, and has been fortunate to channel that passion into a career in environmental law and policy. Elizabeth graduated summa cum laude from Dickinson College in 2010, with a BS with Honors in Biology and a second major in Russian History, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She graduated summa cum laude from American University Washington College of Law in 2015, and was named to the Order of the Coif.. Elizabeth has worked on both domestic and international ocean conservation issues for various NGOs and government agencies, including Oceana, the Environmental Law Institute, and NOAA General Counsel's International Section. In 2016, Elizabeth was honored to be a recipient of a Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. She served her fellowship in the Office of the Assistant Administrator of NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR). Elizabeth worked directly with the Assistant Administrator, providing strategic and policy advice on a variety of issues within OAR's portfolio.. In 2017, Elizabeth returned to Meyer Glitzenstein & Eubanks as a Law Fellow, and in 2018, she was named an Associate Attorney. Her practice areas include: Wildlife and Protected Species (e.g., the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, etc.); Environment and Natural Resources (e.g., the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, Public Lands); Animal Law (e.g., the Animal Welfare Act); and Open Government (e.g., the Freedom of Information Act).. Bar Admissions: State of Maryland (2015, inactive status); Eastern District of Wisconsin (2017); District of Columbia (2017); District Court of the District of Columbia (2018)

Admitted to the bars of North Carolina, District of Columbia, Colorado (inactive), the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and District of Columbia Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.