Malorie Medellin is an associate in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Environment, Land & Resources Practice.
Ms. Medellin represents clients in environmental litigation and counsels on environmental transactional matters, including ESG disclosures and sustainability reporting. She has litigated environmental cases in both state and federal court under CERCLA and the Clean Air Act. She advises financial clients on transactional matters involving environmental, energy, and natural resource issues, including clean energy permitting issues and analysis of greenhouse gas reporting requirements, nature conservation regulations, and ESG disclosures.
In addition to her environmental practice, Ms. Medellin has experience in counseling and litigating policyholder-side insurance matters involving both environmental and commercial coverage policies.
Ms. Medellin also has worked on cases involving domestic violence, asylum, and conditions of confinement under the Eighth Amendment. She serves as a certified mediator through the Center on Conflict Resolution.