Ms Kerry McGrath > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Miami, United States > Lawyer Profile
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices
1111 BRICKELL AVENUE
MIAMI, FL 33131
FLORDIA
United States
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Ms Kerry McGrath
Work Department
Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Environmental, Environmental Justice, Energy Litigation, Energy, Hydro, National Environmental Policy Act, Natural Resources, Pipeline, Water, Infrastructure Permitting
Position
Partner
Career
With 15 years of experience on a wide range of cross-cutting environmental, energy and administrative law issues, Kerry’s clients rely on her thorough legal analysis to build comprehensive regulatory and compliance strategies tailored to their business objectives.
Kerry advises clients on all aspects of environmental permitting and compliance for complex projects and operations, including, among others, electric transmission, distribution, and other structures across federal lands, power generation facilities and renewable generation projects, manufacturing facilities, housing and development projects, mine projects, and pipelines and related facilities. Kerry regularly assists applicants in obtaining and defending federal permits for complicated energy, mining and development projects, serving as project counsel for a number of renewable energy, carbon capture and sequestration, and linear infrastructure projects. She has extensive experience helping clients with Clean Water Act section 404 dredge and fill permitting, NEPA reviews, endangered species issues, rights of way on federal lands, and tribal and cultural resources consultation. She has significant experience with federal litigation, including litigation related to administrative rulemakings and defense of major federal environmental permits.
Memberships
Admitted to the District of Columbia and Virginia State Bars
Education
- JD, The George Washington University Law School, with honors; Dean’s Fellow; Editorial Board, George Washington Law Review, 2009
- BA, Political Science and with honors in English, Vanderbilt University, magna cum laude, 2006
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Environment > Environment: regulatory
(Leading partners)Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP serves a diverse client base across the industrial, manufacturing, energy, and conservation sectors, offering expertise in air, natural resources, water, and chemical matters. The practice is jointly led from the Washington DC office by Eric Murdock and Deidre Duncan. Murdock is a seasoned practitioner in environmental compliance and risk management, while Duncan is known by clients for her knowledge of water and natural resource compliance and permitting matters. Other notable practitioners at the DC office include Kerry McGrath, a natural resources and environmental lawyer who assists clients on environmental statutes including the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and National Historic Preservation Act; Matthew Leopold, who handles air quality, chemicals, and hazardous substances and site cleanup mandates; and Charles (Chuck) Knauss , who advises energy, automotive, and manufacturing clients on compliance and risk management. Over in San Francisco, Shannon Broome co-chairs the ESG and climate change practice, advising renewables, manufacturing, and oil and gas clients on regulation and risk management. Also operating out of the San Francisco office is Samuel Brown, who focuses on the development and implementation of corporate climate change-related strategies, and Clare Ellis, whose knowledge of emission credit and trading programs positions her to advise the transportation and energy sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
- Environment: regulatory United States > Environment
- Leading partners United States > Environment > Environment: regulatory
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Industry focus > Education
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Miami Elite > International corporate and M&A
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Industry focus > Education