Brittany Pemberton helps a variety of energy and industrial clients with compliance and strategy, enforcement and policy issues under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and related to climate change. She advises on an array of stationary source regulations as well as traditional fuel quality and clean fuels matters under the CAA before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state agencies. Brittany’s practice also includes regulatory advocacy, representing clients seeking advice or practical solutions or participating in the federal rulemaking process before EPA, U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Interior. She frequently assists clients challenging final agency actions in the D.C. Circuit, other federal courts and administrative appeals. Additionally, Brittany has helped major infrastructure projects obtain and defend federal and state authorizations and assisted clients with matters at the intersection of bankruptcy and environmental law.

Brittany has deep experience assisting refiners, importers and terminals and other midstream companies with strategic planning and compliance with federal fuel quality standards. She also regularly advises project developers, investors, and operators of facilities producing biofuels from myriad feedstocks on project development, regulatory compliance, supply and offtake agreements, carbon capture and sequestration, and monetizing carbon reductions under the federal and state programs.

Brittany’s pro bono work has included representations in immigration-related matters, such as representing unaccompanied minors in removal proceedings and assisting them in attaining legal status. She has also actively contributed to several appeals related to veterans benefits before the U.S. Court of Veterans Claims.

While in law school, Brittany worked as a law clerk for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights; the EPA Office of General Counsel’s Water Law Office; and the Division of Mineral Resources within DOI’s Office of the Solicitor. She also served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Robert N. Davis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veteran Claims.