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• Environmental
• Land Use
• Litigation

• Bowdoin College(B.A., Environmental Studies and Government and Legal Studies, 2006; cum laude; High Honors in Government and Legal Studies)
• Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (Master of Environmental Management, 2011)
• Vermont Law School (J.D., 2011; magna cum laude; Academic Excellence Awards for highest grade in Torts, Constitutional Law, Appellate Advocacy and Legal Writing)

• District of Columbia
• Maine
• Massachusetts

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Kari Twaite is an Associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., with a general litigation, regulatory, and environmental practice.  Kari received her law degree from Vermont Law School (J.D. 2011, magna cum laude), where she was a Notes Editor for the Vermont Law Review and a Research Associate with the Vermont Institute for Energy and the Environment.  During law school, Kari interned with the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of General Counsel.

Kari also earned a Master of Environmental Management in 2011 from the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, with a concentration in industrial ecology and energy management. At Yale, Kari wrote her master's project on best practices for toxic substances legislation, based on a comparative review of chemicals law in the U.S. and Europe. She was also a Research Assistant at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy.

Prior to law school, Kari was an associate with an energy and environmental consulting firm in Washington, D.C. She received her undergraduate degree cum laude from Bowdoin College in 2006, with High Honors in Government and Legal Studies.