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Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Violations Training Series

Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Training Series

Vio­la­tions of envi­ron­men­tal stan­dards may trig­ger both crim­i­nal and civ­il laws. What are con­sid­er­a­tions for state- and local-lev­el pros­e­cu­tors when fac­ing a choice of enforce­ment route? The State Ener­gy & Envi­ron­men­tal Impact Cen­ter at NYU School of Law, the Con­fer­ence of West­ern Attor­neys Gen­er­al, and the Envi­ron­ment & Nat­ur­al Resources Divi­sion of the Depart­ment of Jus­tice held a five-part train­ing series specif­i­cal­ly designed for state- and local-lev­el pros­e­cu­tors tasked with enforce­ment of envi­ron­men­tal laws. See below for details on each part.

Events in this series were approved for New York State CLE credit in the category of Areas of Professional Practice. However, CLE credit is only available to those who attended the sessions live.

Session 1, Part 1

Ses­sion 1, Part 1
Gen­er­al Enforce­ment Prin­ci­ples and Issues
Mon­day, June 6, 1:00 — 3:00 p.m. ET

SPEAK­ER BIOS

Open­ing Remarks

BETHANY DAVIS NOLL
Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, State Ener­gy & Envi­ron­men­tal Impact Cen­ter

TODD KIM
Assis­tant Attor­ney Gen­er­al, U.S. Depart­ment of Jus­tice (USDOJ)

Civ­il and/​or Crim­i­nal Enforce­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Violations

BILL SHER­MAN
Chief, Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Divi­sion, Wash­ing­ton State Attor­ney General’s Office

BRADLEY ROBERTS
Assis­tant Attor­ney Gen­er­al, Wash­ing­ton State Attor­ney General’s Office

LAU­RA THOMS
Senior Attor­ney, Envi­ron­men­tal Enforce­ment Sec­tion, USDOJ, Envi­ron­ment and Nat­ur­al Resources Divi­sion (ENRD)

ERI­CA PEN­CAK
Tri­al Attor­ney, Envi­ron­men­tal Crimes Sec­tion, USDOJ, ENRD


Ini­ti­at­ing a Crim­i­nal Investigation:

Best Prac­tices for Work­ing on a Mul­ti-Agency Inves­ti­ga­tion Team

BANU RAN­GARA­JAN
Tri­al Attor­ney, Envi­ron­men­tal Crimes Sec­tion, USDOJ, ENRD

KEVIN LAPOINTE
Assis­tant Spe­cial Agent-in-Charge, U.S. Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency, Crim­i­nal Inves­ti­ga­tion Divi­sion

STEPHEN SMITH
Spe­cial Agent, North Car­oli­na State Bureau of Investigations

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Event Mod­er­a­tor
JEN­NIFER WHIT­FIELD
Assis­tant Chief, Envi­ron­men­tal Crimes Sec­tion, USDOJ, ENRD

Session 1, Part 2

Ses­sion 1, Part 2
Vic­tim Con­cerns and Envi­ron­men­tal Jus­tice
Tues­day, June 7, 1:00 — 2:15 p.m. ET

SPEAK­ER BIOS

Pan­elists

LAU­RIE DUBRIEL
Tri­al Attor­ney, Law and Pol­i­cy Sec­tion, USDOJ, ENRD

MICHAEL DANIELS
Crim­i­nal Enforce­ment Coun­sel, Louisiana Depart­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Qual­i­ty

LANA PET­TUS
Assis­tant Sec­tion Chief, Envi­ron­men­tal Crimes Sec­tion, USDOJ, ENRD

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Event Mod­er­a­tor
HUNTER KENDRICK
Coun­sel for State and Local Affairs, Law and Pol­i­cy Sec­tion, USDOJ, ENRD

Session 2

Ses­sion 2
Inves­ti­gat­ing Pol­lu­tion Crimes
Mon­day, July 18, 1:00 — 2:15 p.m. ET

SPEAKER BIOS

Pan­elists

DAVID CLAY­TON
Chief, Envi­ron­men­tal Crimes Strike Force, Mass­a­chu­setts Office of the Attor­ney Gen­er­al

RICHARD POW­ERS
Tri­al Attor­ney, Envi­ron­men­tal Crimes Sec­tion, USDOJ, ENRD


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Event Mod­er­a­tor
JEN­NIFER WHIT­FIELD
Assis­tant Chief, Envi­ron­men­tal Crimes Sec­tion, USDOJ, ENRD

Session 3

Ses­sion 3
Work­place Safe­ty Pros­e­cu­tions
Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 12, 1:00 p.m. — 2:15 p.m. ET

SPEAKER BIOS

Open­ing Remarks

PETER F. NERONHA

Rhode Island Attorney General

Panelists

DEB­O­RAH HAR­RIS
Chief, Envi­ron­men­tal Crimes Sec­tion, USDOJ, ENRD

SAMANTHA MAGNANI
Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney, Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice, Hartford, Connecticut

NANCY A. WALKER
Chief Deputy Attorney General, Fair Labor Section, Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General

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Event Mod­er­a­tor
TER­RI GER­STEIN
Direc­tor, State and Local Enforce­ment Project, Labor and Work­life Pro­gram, Har­vard Law School

Session 4

Ses­sion 4
Ani­mal Wel­fare & Wildlife Traf­fick­ing Pros­e­cu­tions
Mon­day, Octo­ber 17, 1:00 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. ET

SPEAKER BIOS

Overview of Ani­mal Wel­fare
ETHAN ADDY
Tri­al Attor­ney, Envi­ron­men­tal Crimes Sec­tion, USDOJ, ENRD

MICHELLE WELCH
Senior Assis­tant Attor­ney Gen­er­al, Vir­ginia Attor­ney Gen­er­al’s Office


Wildlife Traf­fick­ing
RYAN CON­NORS
Tri­al Attor­ney, Envi­ron­men­tal Crimes Sec­tion, USDOJ, ENRD


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Event Mod­er­a­tor
JEN­NIFER WHIT­FIELD
Assis­tant Chief, Envi­ron­men­tal Crimes Sec­tion, USDOJ, ENRD