Karen C. Bennett is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Lewis Brisbois and co-chair of the Sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Practice, Environmental & Administrative Law Practice and the Government Relations Group. She resolves regulatory problems, focusing primarily on permitting, compliance, litigation, and legislative and regulatory policy under the Clean Water Act (CWA); Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); Federal Emergency Management Act (FEMA); National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA)
Prior to entering private practice, Karen was Vice President for Environmental Affairs at the National Mining Association (NMA), the Washington, D.C. based trade association that represents the coal and hardrock mining industry before Congress, the Administration, and regulatory agencies.
