Julie Miles is an associate in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins.
Julie advises developers, utilities, and other public and private companies on a broad range of environmental matters, including matters involving compliance with and challenges under federal, state, and local environmental and land-use regulations, project siting and approvals, and complex environmental litigation.
Julie also advises clients on the environmental, health, and safety aspects of complex corporate and finance transactions across a variety of sectors.
Julie leverages her language background and experience living and studying Chinese law in Shanghai to track and advise clients on developments in Chinese environmental laws and regulations.
Julie has substantial experience in regulatory and litigation matters involving:
- Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA)
- California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
- California Coastal Act
- California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)
- Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA)
- Contaminated property laws (Federal, California, and Indiana)
- Endangered species laws (Federal and California)
- Local planning and zoning laws
- Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
- Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA)
- State tort and products liability laws
Julie also has experience representing policyholders in complex insurance coverage and bad faith disputes involving environmental liability matters and in defending US and foreign entities in multi-district products liability class actions.
Julie maintains an active pro bono practice representing veterans with disabilities, victims of domestic violence, and asylum applicants.
Prior to law school, Julie studied Chinese Law, with an emphasis on a comparative study of US and Chinese water law and regulations.
During law school, Julie was the Class of 2019 Rothman Scholar, and served as the inaugural chair of the Gold Honors Scholars program. Julie received the Hale Moot Court Best Brief Award, and later served on the board of the Hale Moot Court.