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• University of Michigan (B.S., Natural Resources, 1997)
• Johns Hopkins University (M.S., Environmental Science, 2002)
• University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., Order of the Coif, 2005)

• Maryland
• District of Columbia

Ami Grace-Tardy is an Associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., with a general environmental, litigation, and regulatory practice. Her practice is primarily focused in the areas of Clean Water Act environmental compliance counseling and environmental litigation, product regulation, and pesticides.

Ms. Grace-Tardy provides regulatory counseling on clean water, hazardous waste, industrial and consumer products, CERCLA (Superfund), TSCA, NEPA, and clean air issues to a wide variety of clients.  She counsels municipal clients on Clean Water Act regulatory requirements and EPA enforcement actions.  Ms. Grace-Tardy advises potentially responsible parties with respect to administrative order and remedial action settlements under CERCLA, focusing on allocation issues and contaminated sediment sites.

Ms. Grace-Tardy has a FIFRA practice and represents multinational corporations in data compensation arbitrations, focusing on the defense of data owners against follow-on registrants of pesticides.  Ms. Grace-Tardy also assists with commercial transactions for task forces that support pesticide registration. 

Industrial and consumer product regulation under TSCA, state, and agricultural laws is also part of Ms. Grace-Tardy’s practice.  Ms. Grace-Tardy advises individual businesses as to TSCA regulatory requirements and state industrial and consumer product regulation.

Significant pro bono matters are a part of her practice.  Ms. Grace-Tardy represents a civil rights organization pursing a discrimination claim under the Fair Housing Act and assists low-income individuals with estate planning.

Ms. Grace-Tardy received her legal degree from the University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., Order of the Coif, 2005), her graduate degree from Johns Hopkins University (M.S., 2002), and her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan (B.S., 1997).  While attending the University of Maryland, Ms. Grace-Tardy served as a fellow in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and as an intern with the with the U.S. Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division.  Ms. Grace-Tardy was a finalist in the Myerowitz Moot Court Competition and a member of the National Moot Court Team. She also served as co-president of the Maryland Environmental Law Society and worked in the University of Maryland's Environmental Law Clinic. 

Prior to law school, Ms. Grace-Tardy was an environmental scientist for an environmental consulting firm and the grassroots director of the Clean Water Network, a project of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Ms. Grace-Tardy is a member of the Maryland State Bar and District of Columbia Bar.