Biography
Megan utilizes her knowledge of California environmental law and her land use and natural resources background to meet clients' regulatory and litigation needs
Megan (pronounced Meeegan) works closely with clients to navigate California’s evolving environmental regulatory landscape and resolve regulatory and litigation matters. She advises on compliance, permitting, and enforcement defense, including responding to enforcement actions brought by California state and local regulators.
Megan has assisted clients throughout the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) project review process and corresponding litigation. She maintains a broad waste management practice, including a focus on federal, and California state and local air, water, and solid waste compliance and enforcement issues. Megan also supports tech sector clients across all aspects of their operations, including data center construction, operation, and permitting.
Megan has advised public and private entities on complex natural resources and project development issues, including long-term development plans, renewable energy projects, and onshore aquaculture facilities. Her work includes drafting pleadings, regulatory agency and client communications, and memoranda addressing developing California environmental requirements and CEQA issues. Megan previously worked as a land use and energy associate representing public and private entities throughout California.
While completing her J.D. at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (UC Law SF, formerly UC Hastings), Megan was an Articles Editor and Diversity Committee member of the UC Law Journal. At UC Law SF, Megan also participated in the Environmental Law Clinic and served as a Teaching Assistant and Sack Teaching Fellow. She began her legal career as a paralegal focused on lobbying and campaign finance compliance.
Education
- Loyola Marymount University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2014)
- Women's Studies and Environmental Studies
- University of California College of the Law - San Francisco (formerly known as UC Hastings) (J.D., magna cum laude, 2020)
- Order of the Coif
- UC Law SF Law Journal, Articles Editor and Diversity Committee Member
Bar Admissions
Professional Affiliations
- Bar Association of San Francisco: Environmental Law Section’s Barristers Environmental, Land Use, and Real Estate Section Liaison
- Bar Association of San Francisco: Barristers Environmental, Land Use, and Real Estate Section, Executive Committee, Co-Chair
- Women in Environment: Bay Area Mentoring Program
- Bay Planning Coalition
Community Involvement
- UC Law SF (formerly UC Hastings) Environmental Law Association Mentor
- UC Law (formerly UC Hastings) Alumni Bar Passage Mentor
- Be My Eyes Volunteer
Honors & Awards
- "Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch," a Best Lawyers® publication, recognition in Natural Resources Law (2027)
Publications
- Barriers to Fully Informed Decisions on Whether to Breastfeed or Formula Feed in the United States, 31 Hastings Women's L.J. 183 (2019).
