Attorney Profiles

Richard Ayres

Mr. Ayres is one of the nation’s most knowledgeable and well-respected environmental attorneys. He has shaped the Clean Air Act and its implementation in the regulatory process and before the federal courts and Congress since 1970. Consequently, he has an extraordinary understanding of the law and the EPA and Congressional policy processes and working relationships with many environmental policy makers in both public and private sectors.

Mr. Ayres’s complete biography.

Jessica Olson

Ms. Olson is a graduate of Vermont Law School, the nation’s premier environmental law program. She previously worked for Senator James M. Jeffords and as a law clerk at the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division. Ms. Olson is an expert on proposed climate policy and legislation.

Ms. Olson’s complete biography.

Kristin Hines

Ms. Hines earned her J.D. from Vermont Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Previously, she worked as a law clerk in the Environment Division of the Connecticut Attorney General's Office and at Shems Dunkiel Raubvogel & Saunders in Burlington, Vermont.

Ms. Hines’s complete biography.