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Elizabeth Haskins focuses her practice on environmental litigation, regulation, compliance, and energy project development.

Overview


  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2011
    • Managing Editor – Virginia Journal of International Law
  • College of William and Mary, B.A., 2006, cum laude
  • North Carolina, 2024
  • South Carolina, 2021
  • District of Columbia, 2012
  • Virginia, 2011
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2012
  • U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, 2025

Elizabeth Haskins helps companies manage their environmental risk and identify environmental and sustainability opportunities. She represents clients in environmental litigation and regulatory matters before federal, state, and administrative courts and commissions. Ms. Haskins also advises clients on environmental compliance and risk, including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) compliance, Clean Water Act issues, contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and PFAS, product labeling, extended producer responsibility (EPR), and recycling and product stewardship risk and compliance issues.

Ms. Haskins regularly counsels clients across industry sectors, including manufacturing and energy infrastructure, on project development, including environmental permitting, legacy liability risk, and regulatory approvals. She advises renewable energy developers and other stakeholders on due diligence, contract negotiation, permitting, environmental risks, and regulatory compliance, as well as helping public and private entities advance zero-emission and sustainability goals. Ms. Haskins also provides environmental due diligence on real estate transactional matters, including brownfield developments.

Her experience includes representing clients in matters involving a range of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) issues, including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) compliance and California Proposition 65 claims.

Ms. Haskins previously served as a trial attorney for the Department of Justice's Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, where she defended federal agencies in constitutional and administrative law cases, including Administrative Procedure Act, employment discrimination, Affordable Care Act, and tribal contracting matters.

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  • Counseled clients on environmental and sustainability policies, goals, and voluntary and mandatory reporting.

  • Advised energy and critical mineral refinery project developers and potential investors on environmental due diligence, permitting, and legacy liability risk.

  • Represented clients in environmental regulatory and litigation matters with a focus on Clean Water Act issues, including wetlands, stormwater, riparian buffer, and coastal zone management concerns.

  • Counseled manufacturers on product labeling, extended producer responsibility (EPR), and recycling and product stewardship risk and compliance issues, including extensive experience advising food and beverage manufacturers.

  • Advised renewable energy developers and other stakeholders on due diligence, contract negotiation, permitting, environmental risks, and regulatory compliance.

  • Represented clients in Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) citizen suits.

  • Advised recipients of federal funding on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) compliance.

  • Provided environmental due diligence on transactional matters, including brownfield developments.

  • Advised energy and telecommunications infrastructure clients on environmental compliance issues.

  • Counseled manufacturers on compliance with EHS statutes and regulations, as well as necessary environmental permits for new and existing manufacturing operations.

  • Counseled clients dealing with contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and defended clients in PFAS-related litigation.

  • Represented a client in multi-million dollar civil enforcement action brought by state environmental regulatory agency following a diesel fuel spill.

  • Represented a critical mineral refinery in a proposed class action lawsuit alleging fugitive dust emissions.

  • Advised and represented clients on California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) compliance and litigation matters.

  • Represented the U.S. in high‑profile civil litigation in federal district courts, first-chairing an extensive docket of cases with tens of millions of dollars at stake.

  • Member – American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER)
    • Leadership Development Program (2023 – 2024)
  • Member – Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE)
  • Member – Virginia State Bar, Environmental Law & Administrative Law Sections
  • Member – Women's Energy Network, Carolinas Chapter
    • Board of Directors (2024)
  • Member – South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
  • Member – Baker Donelson's Food and Beverage Incident Response Team

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