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Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Stacey Mitchell
Work Department
Partner; Environment & Natural Resources
Position
Corporations turn to Stacey for representation in complex federal environmental enforcement matters with DOJ and EPA, including internal investigations, and in high-stakes and crisis management situations. Having held senior roles at both the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency, Stacey brings a deep understanding of the inner workings of both agencies to assist clients in navigating these regulatory compliance and enforcement matters. Her practice also includes providing strategic advice to domestic and international companies and funds on a wide range of environmental regulatory and policy matters. Stacey is a leader of the firm’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate work. Clients include private equity and hedge funds and companies from the chemical, shipping, energy, automotive manufacturing (OEM) and printing industries.
To learn more about Stacey, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/stacey-h-mitchell.html
Career
Deputy General Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency (2014 – 2017); Federal prosecutor and Chief, U. S. Department of Justice, Environmental Crimes Section (1998-2007), Chief (2007 – 2014); Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney’s Office (1994 – 1998).
Memberships
Stacey is a Member of the Leadership Council of the Environmental Law Institute, the Institute’s group for the most prominent environmental, energy and natural resource leaders in the nation. Stacey co-chairs the Washington D.C. office’s Women’s Resource Group.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Environment > Environment: transactional
Akin‘s environment and natural resources team counsels clients on the full spectrum of environmental matters, encompassing the evaluation of risks tied to environmental requirements and negotiating related terms. The firm is also actively engaged in mergers, divestments, and financial restructuring endeavors. Known for routinely assisting lenders, sellers and buyers on the full gamut of environmental liabilities in transactions, Washington DC-based David Quigley heads the team, which includes ESG expert Stacey Mitchell and environmental law, climate change and sustainability expert Kenneth Markowitz.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism