The vast professional options in environmental, natural resources, and energy law offer exciting opportunities for Iowa Law alumni, a cohort whom have gone on to interesting careers across the United States and all over the world.

The field is large. Most of our alumni work in private law firms, government agencies, and nonprofit offices. Some work for international organizations; others teach in colleges or law schools. Some find themselves in exciting non-traditional careers.

Our Career Services Office works with students on their application materials, interviewing skills, and resume building jobs during school, and assists graduates whenever they want to transition, move or adjust their career paths.

Here are only a few examples of what our alumni are doing in the environmental, natural resources, and energy law fields.

Academia

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Robert "Andy" Andersen

Title/Position
Environmental and Renewable Energy Consultant
Instructor at the UI College of Law
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Barry A. Lindahl

Title/Position
Senior Counsel for the City Of Dubuque's Attorney's Office and Adjunct Faculty Member at UI College of Law
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LeRoy (Lee) Paddock

Title/Position
Associate Dean for Environmental Studies and Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law
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Jim Rossi

Title/Position
Judge D.L. Lansden Chair in Law at Vanderbilt University Law School
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Frank A. Taylor

Title/Position
Partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Adjunct Instructor at UI College of Law
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Jamie Van Nostrand

Title/Position
Charles M. Love, Jr, Endowed Professor of Law at West Virginia University
Chair of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities

Corporate in-house counsel and officers

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Matthew Reinhard

Title/Position
Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel at New Fortress Energy

Government

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Jim Andersen

Title/Position
Assistant District Counsel at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
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Eric Dirth

Title/Position
Assistant Attorney General, Environmental Division of the Iowa Attorney General's Office
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Barry A. Lindahl

Title/Position
Senior Counsel for the City Of Dubuque's Attorney's Office and Adjunct Faculty Member at UI College of Law
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Peter Scholtz

Title/Position
Assistant Attorney General - Residential Utilities Division at the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General
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Rachel Toenjes Zander

Title/Position
Attorney & External Civil Rights Coordinator at Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Tanya Trujillo

Tanya Trujillo

Title/Position
Water Policy Advisor to the Governor and Deputy State Engineer of New Mexico
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Elliott Usher

Title/Position
Legal Counsel at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources
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Jamie Van Nostrand

Title/Position
Charles M. Love, Jr, Endowed Professor of Law at West Virginia University
Chair of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities

Industry

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Amanda De Jong

Title/Position
Head of Government Affairs and Policy Engagement at Pivot Bio
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Rachel Geilenfeld

Title/Position
Policy Advisor at Chevron Renewable Energy Group
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Brian Meloy

Title/Position
Associate General Counsel at Great River Energy

International environmental law

List coming soon.

Law Firms By Firm Size

501+ Attorneys

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Sarah Bahn

Title/Position
Associate at Baker & McKenzie LLP
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Julie E. Cohen

Title/Position
Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Robert F. Devolve

Title/Position
Partner at Stinson LLP
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Michael Dunning

Title/Position
Partner at Perkins Coie LLP
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Angela Fontana

Title/Position
Partner at Sidley Austin LLP
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John F. Huldin

Title/Position
Associate at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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Robin M. Hulshizer

Title/Position
Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP
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Gene Hummel

Title/Position
Senior Associate Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
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Amber Isom-Thompson

Title/Position
Special Counsel at Littler Mendelson P.C.
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Dr. Alexander R. Klett

Title/Position
Partner at Reed Smith LLP
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John Lande

Title/Position
Shareholder, Dickinson Law Firm
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Patrick J. Larkin

Title/Position
Member Senior Director at Clark Hill Public Strategies
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Ariel Perez

Title/Position
Associate at Littler Mendelson P.C.
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Hannah Posen

Title/Position
Senior Managing Associate at Sidley Austin LLP
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Michelle A. Ramirez

Title/Position
Products Liability Litigation at Sidley Austin LLP
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Andrea L. Reed

Title/Position
Partner at Sidley Austin LLP
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Christopher M. Sorenson

Title/Position
Associate at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
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Samuel Stender

Title/Position
Investment Funds Associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
taylor

Frank A. Taylor

Title/Position
Partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Adjunct Instructor at UI College of Law
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Alexander J. Vargas

Title/Position
Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
wiltse

Jennifer Wiltse

Title/Position
Managing Associate at Sidley Austin LLP

251-500 Attorneys

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Michael R, Cummings

Title/Position
Shareholder at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
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Bret A. Dublinske

Title/Position
Shareholder at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
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William P. Hefner

Title/Position
Officer, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
vanessa

Vanessa Johnson

Title/Position
OF Counsel at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
kennedy

Crystal Kennedy

Title/Position
Partner at Thompson Coburn LLP

101-250 Attorneys

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Peter K. Fagen

Title/Position
Partner at Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP

51-100 Attorneys

pray

James L. Pray

Title/Position
Member at Brown Winick Law

Under 25 Attorneys

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Lauren Hoover

Title/Position
Associate Water Rights Attorney at Patrick, Miller & Noto, P.C.

Public interest, litigation, and policy work

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Kristin Bjella How

Title/Position
Associate General Counsel at American Farmland Trust
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Steve Guyer, Moderator

Title/Position
Energy Policy Counsel, Iowa Environmental Council
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Hudson Kingston

Title/Position
Legal Director at CURE
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Josh Mandelbaum

Title/Position
Senior Attorney, Environmental Law and Policy Center

Private Practice and Consulting

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Robert "Andy" Andersen

Title/Position
Environmental and Renewable Energy Consultant
Instructor at the UI College of Law
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Timoth Doran

Title/Position
Director at Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC
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Nathan Kron

Title/Position
Clean Tech and Environmental Attorney