Jennifer Roy, Deputy Office Managing Partner for the firm's San Diego office, provides environmental counseling in all areas of environmental law, with a particular focus on energy and major infrastructure projects.
Ms. Roy assists clients in a wide variety of energy and infrastructure matters related to power generation, renewable and conventional energy resources, land use entitlements, and environmental diligence. Ms. Roy has experience in administrative proceedings and litigation, including before California and federal agencies.
Ms. Roy advises clients on compliance with:
With experience both in private practice and in-house, Ms. Roy assists clients with federal, state, and local permitting for major energy and infrastructure projects, including desalination projects, power plants, transmission lines, renewable energy facilities, and liquified natural gas plants. Ms. Roy also provides advice to residential and commercial developers regarding local planning and zoning regulations and related environmental matters and state land use regulations. Ms. Roy further assists clients in defending approvals in administrative proceedings and state and federal court litigation.
Ms. Roy also counsels clients who are financing energy and infrastructure projects on a variety of environmental and social governance issues.
Prior to law school, Ms. Roy studied Environmental Studies and Public Policy focusing on international environmental law. During law school, Ms. Roy served on the editorial staff of the Virginia Environmental Law Journal.
Ms. Roy’s representative work includes:
Latham litigators earn three recognitions across practices including wins on behalf of clients Sorrento Therapeutics, Eargo, and Driftwood LNG.
Environment, Land & Resources partner recognized for her work on major energy and infrastructure projects.
Partners Ann Buckingham and Jennifer Roy honored for practice leadership, and Christine Stansall recognized for technology prowess by the San Diego Business Journal.