Bergeson, Lynn L.

Current Employment Position(s)

Founding member

Areas of Practice

• Environmental Law
• TSCA, FIFRA, EPCRA, RCRA, CAA, CWA, OSHA, Chemical Regulation, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Regulation, Federal Regulatory Law, Regulatory Agency Practice

West Practice Categories

Environmental

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia, 1980

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Nanotechnology Law and Business, 2008 - Present (Editorial Board)
• Environmental Law Reporter, Environmental Law Institute, 2007 - Present (Press Advisory Board)
• The Environmental Forum (ELI), 2004 - Present (Editorial Advisory Board)
• Environmental Quality Management, 2002 - Present (Contributing Editor)
• Environmental Quality Management, 2002 - Present (Editorial Advisory Board)
• Chemical Processing, 2002 - Present (Editorial Advisory Board)
• Pesticide and Toxic Chemical News, 2002 - Present (Editorial Advisory Board)
• Manufacturing Today, 2002 - Present (Editorial Board)
• EPA Administrative Law Reporter, 1996 - Present (Editorial Advisory Board)
• The Environment Corporate Counsel Report, 1994 - Present (Contributing Editor)
• The Environment Corporate Counsel, 1994 - Present (Editorial Advisory Board)
• Corporate Legal Times, 1992 - Present (Contributing Editor)
• Pollution Prevention Review, 1990 - Present (Editorial Advisory Board)
• Pollution Engineering, 1990 - Present (Editorial Advisory Board)
• Pollution Engineering, 1987 - Present (Legal Editor)
• Earth Day Network, 2007 - Present (Member, Board of Directors)
• Earth Day Network, 2007 - Present (Member, Executive Committee)
• President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group, 2007 - 2008 (Member)
• EPA's Steering Committee for the Pollution Prevention Through Nanotechnology Conference, 2007 - Present (Member)
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Potential Environmental Benefits of Nanotechnology: Fostering Safe Innovation-Led Growth Conference, 2009 (Member, Steering Committee)
• American National Standards Institute ISO Technical Committee 229 on Nanotechnologies, 2007 - Present (Member)
• American National Standards Institute Nanotechnology Standards Panel, 2004 - 2005 (Member, Steering Committee)
• ALI-ABA Environmental Law Advisory Panel, 2006 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER), 2005 - 2006 (Chair)
• ABA Seer Committee on Pesticides, Chemical Regulation and Right-to-Know, 2006 - 2008 (Chair)
• ABA SEER Special Committee on TSCA Reform, 2009 - Present (Chair)
• ABA SEER, Committee on Pesticides, Chemical Regulation and Right-to-Know, 2008 - Present (Vice Chair)
• The Society of Women Environmental Professionals (Founding Member)
• The District of Columbia Bar (Member)
• Bar Association of the District of Columbia (Member)
• Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• ELI Eastern Boot Camp on Environmental Law, Environmental Law Institute

Education

• Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1979
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Law Journal: Member, Catholic University of America Law Review, 1977 - 1979
• Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1975
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: magna cum laude

Published Works

• Other Regulatory Developments: Federal and Commercial Implications 2010: How the New Administration, Congress and the Courts Have Changed the Rules (co-author), Practising Law Institute, 2010
• "Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know: 2009 Annual Report," in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2009 (co-author), ABA, 2010
• "TSCA Section 5(b)(4) 'Chemicals of Concern' List: Questions, Issues, Concerns" (co-author), BNA Daily Environment Report, May, 2010
• "EPA's Action Plan Signals a New Chapter for TSCA While Informing the Future Legislative Debate on Chemicals" (co-author), Environmental Law Reporter, March, 2010
• "Turkey Enacts REACH-Like Chemical Program" (co-author), Chemical Regulation Reporter, January, 2010
• Nanotechnology: Environmental Law, Policy, and Business Considerations, ABA, 2009
• FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) Considers Nanosilver, Environmental Law Reporter, December, 2009
• Chemical Regulation: Preparing to Address the Challenges Ahead, The Environmental Forum, January/February, 2009
• "Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know: 2008 Annual Report," in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2008 (co-author), ABA, 2009
• "Food and Drug Administration's Regulation of Nanotechnology" (co-author), BNA Daily Environment Report, September, 2008
• Genomics and Environmental Regulation: Science, Ethics, and Law (co-author), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
• "The New Business of Nanotechnology: Exploring Commercial Opportunities and Risks", Environmental Claims Journal, April, 2008
• Nanotechnology and the Environment (co-author), CRC Press, 2008
• "Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know: 2007 Annual Report," in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2007 (co-author), ABA, 2008
• Nanotechnology Deskbook, Environmental Law Institute, 2007
• TSCA and Engineered Nanoscale Substances, Nanotechnology Law and Business, 2007
• "Pesticides, Chemical Regulation and Right-to-Know: 2006 Annual Report," in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2006 (co-author), ABA, 2007
• "Regulation of New Forms of Food Packaging Produced Using Nanotechnology," in Intelligent and Active Packaging for Fruits and Vegetables (co-author), CRC Press, 2007
• The Nanotechnology-Biology Interface: Exploring Models for Oversight, Center for Science, Technology & Public Policy, University of Minnesota, 2006
• "Pesticides, Chemical Regulation and Right-to-Know: 2005 Annual Report - The Risks and Benefits of Nanoscale Materials," in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2005 (co-author), ABA, 2006
• Selected Challenges in Applying Toxicogenomic Data in Federal Regulatory Settings (co-author), Proceedings of Workshop on Genetics and Environmental Regulation, 2005
• "Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know: 2004 Annual Report," in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review, 2004 (co-author), ABA, 2005
• "TSCA - Chemical Testing Issues" (co-author), ELR News & Analysis, February, 2005
• The RCRA Practice Manual, ABA, 2004
• "The Environmental Regulatory Implications of Nanotechnology" (co-author), BNA Chemical Regulation Reporter, April, 2004
• "Reading the Small Print", The Environmental Forum, March/April, 2004
• Air Quality Compliance and Permitting Manual (co-author), McGraw-Hill, 2002
• "RCRA's Statutory Scheme and Strategies for Reform," in Contemporary Legal Notes No. 39 (co-author), Washington Legal Foundation, 2001
• The TSCA Basic Practice Book, ABA, 2000
• The FIFRA Basic Practice Book, ABA, 2000
• Pesticides Law Handbook, Government Institutes, 1999
• "Avoiding Liability for Hazardous Waste: RCRA, CERCLA and Related Corporate Law Issues" (co-author), Bureau of National Affairs, Corporate Practice Series, 1994
• Chapter 7 -- Liability, "Environmental Law Practice Guide" (co-author), Matthew Bender, 1992
• "The Expanding Scope of Liability for Environmental Damage and Its Impact on Business Transactions" (co-author), The Corporation Law Review, Spring, 1985

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