Nessa E. Horewitch
Associate
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- Environmental Litigation
- NEPA and State NEPA - Environmental
- Toxic Tort and Product Liability
- Environmental
- Litigation
- Emory University (B.A., History, Political Science, and Human and Natural Ecology, magna cum laude, 1998)
- University of Virginia (J.D., 2003),
- Virginia (2003)
- District of Columbia (2005)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Virginia (2003)
- American Bar Association
Nessa Horewitch is an Associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., with a practice focusing on complex environmental litigation.
Ms. Horewitch oversees the efforts of numerous attorneys and paralegals in defense of more than 60 products liability and toxic tort cases related to alleged groundwater contamination involving a gasoline additive. The cases are consolidated for pre-trial proceedings in a Multi-District Litigation pending in federal court. Ms. Horewitch handles and coordinates key aspects of discovery and defense of these cases.
Ms. Horewitch also has experience with NEPA cases, including preparation of summary judgment motions based on large administrative records. Her NEPA experience includes issues related to invasive species and water treatment.
Ms. Horewitch received her law degree from the University of Virginia, and her undergraduate degree from Emory University. While attending the University of Virginia, Ms. Horewitch served as Managing Editor and Notes Editor of the Virginia Environmental Law Journal.
Before joining Beveridge & Diamond, Ms. Horewitch was a program administrative assistant for the Carter Center Mental Health Program, which helps foster collaboration and policy development on mental health issues. Ms. Horewitch also served as an opposition research consultant working on political campaigns for a consulting company.
Ms. Horewitch is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar.
