Lawyer Overview

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

Areas of Practice

• Natural Resources & Water
• Clean Water Act/Wetlands/Water Quality
• Environmental Management
• Climate Law
• Environmental Permitting & Compliance
• Mining

West Practice Categories

Legislative Practice, Employment Law -- Employer, Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1990
• U.S. District Court District of Utah, 1990
• Utah, 1990

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Salt Lake County Bar Association (Member)
• Utah State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• American College of Sports Medicine (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Joe Rudd Scholar
• Rocky Mountain Law Foundation's Natural Resource Writing Competition, 1989

Classes and Seminars

• Utah Water Law "Update on Water Quality Permitting for Transfers," CLE International, October 2006
• "Administration And Enforcement of The Wetlands Program in Utah," Lorman Education Services, December 1, 2005
• "Current Issues In Storm Water Regulation In Utah," Lorman Education Services, November 15, 2005
• "Utah Water Law Water Quality Update," Salt Lake City, October, 2005

Education

• University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado, 1990
  J.D.
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1984
  M.S., Master of Science
• Williams College, 1981
  B.A.

Published Works

• Ski Industry Response to Global Warming, (co-author), ABA Natural Resources & Environment, Summer, 2007
• What's Up with Water, Air and Post-Aviall Jurisprudence?, (co-author), Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, Summer, 2006
• The Songhua River Spill: China's Pollution Crisis, (co-author), ABA Natural Resources & Environment, Spring, 2006
• Groundwater and the CWA, How Far Will The Ninth Circuit Go?, ABA Natural Resources & Environment, Spring, 2005

Address

201 South Main Street
Suite 1800
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-2218

Phones

801-532-1234

Faxes

801-536-6111

Emails

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Websites

http://www.parsonsbehlelaw.com