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SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105
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Ms Shannon Broome
Work Department
Environmental
Position
Partner
Career
Managing Partner of the firm’s San Francisco office, leader of the California environmental practice and firm-wide Climate Change and ESG practices. Shannon represents energy companies, including oil and gas and renewable energy and fuels, other manufacturers, and trade associations on climate change, related environmental social and governance issues, air quality regulation and enforcement, and emergency response. She leads the defense of a major petroleum company in the climate change nuisance suits filed across the country. She also advises companies on energy transition, environmental and social governance, and environmental justice issues. Her practice encompasses advancing new technology to address climate change, including carbon capture and sequestration of hydrogen, and e-fuels. She is currently advising a client on a groundbreaking project to address climate change, which addresses a range of carbon capture and storage issues involving a large joint venture to capture carbon and store it, potentially for later beneficial use, including legal issues around carbon sequestration and contractual obligations. Her chemical engineering experience affords her useful and practical insight into development of regulations and for advising on environmental, health, and safety compliance and enforcement issues. Her clients describe her as “a superb, innovative and deeply analytical lawyer” in Chambers USA 2020.
Memberships
Admitted to the California, District of Columbia, New York and Texas State Bars
Education
- JD, UC Berkeley School of Law, Order of the Coif, 1990
- BSChE, University of California, Los Angeles, 1985
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Environment > Environment: litigation
(Leading lawyers)Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP offers clients broad expertise in environmental litigation, which includes experience in in air, water, natural resources, waste, chemicals, and climate change. It stands out for its representation of industry associations on regulatory compliance and enforcement defense, as well as policy issues, with a focus on the chemicals sector. The firm has considerable experience of multijurisdictional cases and is also active in the oil and gas, automotive and manufacturing industries. The team is led out of Washington DC by Eric Murdock and Deidre Duncan, with Duncan a key name for water and natural resources matters, and compliance and permitting issues, including those pertaining to the CWA, NEPA and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). San Francisco’s Shannon Broome focuses on ESG and climate change matters and is recommended for risk management and litigation, with over 30 years’ experience. William Brownell is also based in DC and has a strong track record in environmental litigation in cases before the US Court of Appeals and the US Supreme Court.
United States > Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represents integrated oil and gas companies, natural gas pipeline companies, producers and developers of LNG facilities before the FERC, as well as the EPA and the DOE. This includes handling investigations and rate cases, in addition to all aspects of environmental issues surrounding oil and gas permitting, construction and operations. In the firm’s Washington DC office, environmental law expert Deidre Duncan jointly leads the team alongside Dallas-based Myles Reynolds, who frequently acts for natural gas utilities and midstream companies. San Francisco’s Shannon Broome is another key contact in the group.
United States > Environment > Environment: regulatory
The environmental team at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP offers coast-to-coast expertise on environmental policy debates, regulatory developments, and litigation. It is particularly strong in issues relating to air, water, waste, chemicals and climate change at the state, local, and federal level. The team is led by Eric Murdock and Deidre Duncan, with Duncan offering strong experience in compliance and permitting, particularly in relation to the CWA, and also the national environmental policy act (NEPA) and ESA. Matthew Leopold is former general counsel for the EPA and is experienced in shaping environmental law; he is strong in air quality, chemicals and hazardous substances matters. Kerry McGrath is experienced in National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) matters and water issues, with a focus on the mining, agriculture, and utilities sectors. In San Francisco, Shannon Broome is a name for risk management and ESG matters and environmental matters relating to California, while counsel Clare Ellis advises clients on California’s emissions laws, policy matters and CAA matters. Chuck Knauss is recommended for compliance, enforcement and litigation. Attorneys are based in Washington DC unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
- Environment: regulatory United States > Environment
- Leading lawyers United States > Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment: litigation United States > Environment
- Energy regulation: oil and gas United States > Energy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- 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: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- 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