Samantha K. Seikkula

Samantha Seikkula provides counseling on environmental law, specifically advising clients through all phases of complex infrastructure and development projects, governmental and administrative law, and matters involving local and state administrative and legislative decision-making.

Samantha has experience working on large, complex infrastructure and development projects that incorporate legal, political, community, and public relations issues. Samantha works with clients to ensure that their environmental documents under the California Environmental Quality Act are litigation-ready and has successfully defended CEQA lawsuits challenging the environmental review for projects she has worked on.

Samantha also advises clients in connection with the evaluation of potential environmental liabilities, environmental regulatory compliance, and negotiation of environmental agreements for real estate and other business transactions.

Samantha previously served as a leader of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Environmental Law/Land Use Section and is a former member of Latham’s Recruiting Committee and Mentoring Committee.

While in law school, Samantha served as the editor-in-chief of the Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal. Samantha also externed for Judge M. James Lorenz of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Thought Leadership

• Speaker, North American Carbon World, 2022
• Co-Author “Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development," Latham's CEQA Case Report, 2020 and 2021 Editions
• Co-Author “California Supreme Court: CEQA Requires Study of Potential Impacts to ESHA,” Latham & Watkins Client Alert, April 4, 2017
• Co-Author “Environmental Protection Agency Adopts National Limits on Formaldehyde Exposure for Composite Wood Products,” Latham's Clean Energy Law Report, January 2017
• Co-Author “California Supreme Court Addresses CEQA Supplemental Review; Rejects ‘New Project’ Test,” Latham & Watkins Client Alert, October 3, 2016
• Co-Author “EPA Targets Oil and Gas Sector with Suite of New Emissions Rules,” Latham's Clean Energy Law Report, May, 2016
• Co-Author “President Obama Signs PIPES Act of 2016, Reauthorizing PHMSA and Introducing New Mandates for Oil and Gas Pipeline Programs,” Latham's Clean Energy Law Report, June, 2016
• Co-Author “California Court of Appeal Partially Upholds Air Quality Thresholds of Significance Following State Supreme Court Decision,” Latham's Clean Energy Law Report, Aug 2016
• Co-Author “California Supreme Court Addresses Subsequent Review Under CEQA; Rejects Lishman ‘New Project’ Test,” Latham's Clean Energy Law Report, Sept 2016