Washington
1666 K Street, NW

TEL: (202) 775-1221

Julie A. Weisman

Counsel

Julie A. Weisman is an environmental attorney with almost 25 years of experience and is located in our Washington, D.C. office. Ms. Weisman has an extensive environmental practice, which currently revolves around climate change issues, alternative and renewable energy sources, green building, as well as assisting clients on environmental issues that arise in commercial transactions. In that respect, she has represented buyers, sellers, borrowers, lenders, operators and investors in commercial negotiations worldwide and frequently has been involved in issues pertaining to carbon credits, green building, permitting and the remediation of contamination associated with such transactions. After attending Duke University and Emory University School of Law, she entered the Honors Program at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Lands and Natural Resources Division and served as a trial attorney there until 1986. She has been in private practice since 1987. As a result of this background, Ms. Weisman has broad experience in environmental matters, as well as particular strengths assisting clients in transactions related to carbon credits, the development of power plants and other energy-related projects and green building and green products. Finally, she recently has focused on exposure issues, particularly related to the presence of heavy metals, asbestos and mold.

Representative Client Work

  • Prepared the environmental due-diligence review for a client involved in the purchase of more than 20 manufacturing facilities in China
  • Represented investors on a project concerning the construction of a new 500 MW generating facility in Astoria, Queens
  • Helped an investment fund navigate the environmental issues related to a new transmission line running between British Columbia and the United States
  • Assisted a client in a transaction involving the sale of emission credits associated with forested land
  • Represented a European conglomerate contemplating the purchase of a major power company in the United States
  • Represented a purchaser of power with respect to the construction of new generating facilities and the distribution of potential related credits
  • Represented a client purchasing a privately owned hydroelectric facility in upstate New York     
  • Worked with a client on a potential biomass project in New England
  • Helped a client participate in a  four-way deal related to the purchase of a waste-to-energy project
  • Represented a party in the tri-state water rights litigation in the Southeastern United States
  • Assisted a client in developing a multi-dimensional LEED platinum project

Bar Admissions

  • Connecticut, 1982
  • New York, 1985
  • District of Columbia, 1997
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

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Teaching & Speaking Engagements

  • Former instructor for George Washington University’s continuing education program
  • Nationwide speaker for Government Institutes and ABS

Education

  • J.D., Emory University School of Law
  • B.A., Duke University
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