Lynn L. Bergeson, born Grosse Pointe, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1980, District of Columbia. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America (J.D., 1979). Member: Catholic University of America Law Review, 1977-1979. Co-Author: Nanotechnology Deskbook (2007); TSCA and Engineered Nanoscale Substances, Nanotechnology Law and Business (2007); The Nanotechnology-Biology Interface: Exploring Models for Oversight, Center for Science, Technology & Public Policy, University of Minnesota (2006); “Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know: 2005 Annual Report -- The Risks and Benefits of Nanoscale Materials,” in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2005, ABA (2005); “Selected Challenges in Applying Toxicogenomic Data in Federal Regulatory Settings,” Proceedings of Workshop on Genetics and Environmental Regulation (2005) (co-author); “Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know: 2006 Annual Report” in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2006, ABA (2007); “The RCRA Practice Manual,” ABA (2004); “The TSCA Basic Practice Book,” ABA (2000); “The FIFRA Basic Practice Book,” ABA (2000); “Pesticides Law Handbook,” Government Institutes (1999); “Avoiding Liability for Hazardous Waste: RCRA, CERCLA and Related Corporate Law Issues” Bureau of National Affairs, Corporate Practice Series (1999); Chapter 7 -- Liability, “Environmental Law Practice Guide,” Matthew Bender (1992); “The Expanding Scope of Liability for Environmental Damage and Its Impact on Business Transactions,” The Corporation Law Review (Spring, 1985). Press Advisory Board, Environmental Law Reporter, Environmental Law Institute (ELI), 2007--; Editorial Advisory Board, The Environmental Forum (ELI), 2004--; Contributing Editor, Environmental Quality Management, 2002--; Editorial Advisory Board, Environmental Quality Management, 2002--; Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Processing, 2002--; Contributing Editor, Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, 2002--; Editorial Advisory Board, Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, 2002--; Editorial Board, Manufacturing Today, 2002--; Editorial Advisory Board, EPA Administrative Law Reporter, 1996--; Contributing Editor, The Environmental Corporate Counsel Report, 1994--; Editorial Advisory Board, The Environmental Corporate Counsel, 1994--; Contributing Editor, Corporate Legal Times, 1992--; Contributing Editor, Pollution Prevention Review, 1990--; Editorial Advisory Board, Pollution Prevention Review, 1990--; Editorial Advisory Board, Pollution Engineering, 1990--; Legal Editor, Pollution Engineering, 1987--. Member, Earthday Network Board of Directors, 2007--; Member, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group (PCAST nTAG), 2007--; Member, EPA’s Steering Committee for the Pollution Prevention Through Nanotechnology Conference, 2007--; Member, American National Standards Institute (ANSI) ISO Technical Committee 229 on Nanotechnologies, 2007--; Member, ALI-ABA Environmental Law Advisory Panel, 2006--; Member, Converging Technologies Bar Association (CTBA), Board of Directors, 2006--; Chair, CTBA Environmental, Health, and Safety Committee, 2006--; Chair, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER), 2005-2006; Chair, ABA SEER Committee on Pesticides, Chemical Regulation and Right-to-Know, 2006--; Member, ANSI Nanotechnology Standards Panel (NSP) Steering Committee, 2004-2005; Member, Environmental Law Institute (ELI), Executive Committee, 2003--; ELI, Board of Directors, 2002--. Founding Member, The Society of Women Environmental Professionals. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; American Bar Association (Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources); Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia; The Cosmos Club.
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Lisa M. Campbell, born New York, New York; admitted to
bar, 1985, Arizona; 1988, District of Columbia. Education: University
of Arizona (B.S., 1982); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1985). Co-Author: "The
TSCA Basic Practice Book," ABA (2000); "The
FIFRA Basic Practice Book," ABA (2000); "Pesticides
Law Handbook," Government Institutes (1999); "Treated
Article Exemption: Going, Going, Gone?", BNA Chemical
Regulation Reporter, Apr. 17, 1998; Chapter 7 -- Liability, "Environmental
Law Practice Guide," Matthew Bender, 1992. Member:
The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Arizona; American
Bar Association. [Martindale-Hubbell® Lawyer Profile
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Of Counsel
Bethami Auerbach, born Los Angeles, California; admitted
to bar, 1974, California; 1975, District of Columbia.
Education: Pomona College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1970);
Stanford Law School (J.D., 1974); University of Iowa (M.F.A.,
1983). Board of Editors, Stanford Law Review. Phi Beta
Kappa. Law Clerk to Judge Joseph T. Sneed, U.S. Court
of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1974-75. Office of General
Counsel, EPA, 1977-1980. Visiting Associate Professor
of Law, University of Iowa College of Law, 1981-1983.
Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Temple University
Law School, 1984-1985. Co-Author: "Pesticides Law
Handbook," Government Institutes (1999). Member:
The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of California
(inactive). [Martindale-Hubbell® Lawyer Profile Page]
Timothy D. Backstrom, born Mauston, Wisconsin; admitted
to bar, 1979, District of Columbia. Education: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (B.S., 1973); Yale Law School
(J.D., 1979). Office of General Counsel, EPA, 1979-2004.
While in EPA’s Pesticides and Toxic Substances Division
of the Office of General Counsel, Mr. Backstrom was responsible
for negotiations with paint and coating manufacturers,
which led to the elimination of mercury compounds used
in paints and coatings. He also supervised extensive litigation
involving the chemical dinoseb, including nine federal
court actions and four formal administrative adjudications.
Mr. Backstrom managed complex litigation involving hazardous
air pollutants (HAP) and fuel additives while in EPA’s
Air and Radiation Division. He also worked on a variety
of rulemakings implementing the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments,
including issuance of various emission standards for HAPs,
delisting of particular HAPs and source categories, and
review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for
nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide. Member: The District
of Columbia Bar; Bar of the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C.
Circuit; Bar of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Lisa
Rothenberg Burchi, born Larchmont, New
York; admitted to bar, 1996, New York; 1998, District
of Columbia. Education: Tufts University (B.A., cum
laude, 1990); The National Law Center, George Washington
University (J.D., with honors, 1995). Co-Author: "The
TSCA Basic Practice Book," ABA
(2000). George Washington University Journal of International
Law and Economics, 1994-1995. Member: The District of
Columbia Bar; The New York Bar (retired). [Martindale-Hubbell® Lawyer
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Michael F. Cole, admitted to bar, 1966, New York; 1999,
District of Columbia. Education: Vanderbilt University
(B.A., magna cum laude, with honors, 1963); New York University
(L.L.B., 1966); Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma. Root-Tilden
Scholar. Research Editor, New York University Law Review.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar; The New York Bar;
New York State Bar Association. [Martindale-Hubbell® Lawyer
Profile Page]
Associates
Ira Dassa, born New York, New York. Education: Wesleyan
University (B.A. in History, 1985); The National Law Center,
George Washington University (J.D., 1989). Ira worked
most recently as the Legal and Policy Advisor for the
Ministry of Environment, Royal Government of Cambodia,
where he provided policy advice to the Ministry on legislative
matters, environmental impact assessments, international
treaties and conventions affecting the environment, and
long-term design of a pollution control and prevention
regulatory framework. Prior to working for the Royal
Government of Cambodia, Ira worked for Perkins Coie in
the Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group
where he assisted corporations and trade associations
on a wide range of environmental matters, including issues
relating to TSCA, FIFRA and other chemical control statutes. Co-Author: Criminal
Wetlands Prosecutions: The Tide is Rising, White
Collar-Crime Reporter (May 1991). Member: The District
of Columbia Bar. [Martindale-Hubbell® Lawyer Profile
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David B. Fischer, born New York, New York; admitted to
bar, 1991, Maryland; 2002, District of Columbia. Education:
Northwestern University (B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, 1981); University of North Carolina (M.P.H.,
1984); University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., with
honors, 1991). David recently worked as Managing Counsel
of the Chlorine Chemistry Council of the American Chemistry
Council where he pursued regulatory advocacy efforts with
EPA, ATSDR, NTP, and FDA involving dioxin, disinfection
byproducts, vinyl, and other products and byproducts of
chlorine chemistry. He also served as lead in-house counsel
in the chloroform litigation before the Court of Appeals
for the D.C. Circuit (Chlorine Chemistry Council v. EPA).
Author: A Tale of Two Environmental Stressors on the Great
Lakes, Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 18 (Fall
2003); Co-Author: Drinking Water Systems: Vulnerability
Assessments and the Use of Chlorine, ABA Science & Technology
Committee Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Aug. 2002); D.C.
Circuit Elevates Science Over Politics in its Chloroform
Decision, Risk Policy Report (Dec. 26, 2000); D.C. Circuit
Strikes Down EPA’s Use of the Linear Default Assumption,
Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 15 (Summer 2000).
Member: Maryland Bar, The District of Columbia Bar. [Martindale-Hubbell® Lawyer
Profile Page]
Non-Attorney Professionals
James V. Aidala, born Akron, Ohio. Education: undergraduate
and graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Brown University; and Harvard University. Former Assistant
Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
(EPA) Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
(OPPTS) (2000-2001); former Associate Assistant Administrator
for OPPTS (1993-2000); worked on the Subcommittee on Environment,
Energy, and Natural Resources in the U.S. House of Representatives,
where he was in charge of oversight of EPA's implementation
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
(1991-1993); Director of Policy Development at the Wallace
Institute for Alternative Agriculture (1990-1991); policy
expert on FIFRA and TSCA at the Congressional Research
Service (1983-1990), which is part of the U.S. Library
of Congress; Professional Staff member for the U.S. Senate
Committee on Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Energy
(1981-1983). Prior to joining B&C, Jim worked with
the successors in interest to Jellinek, Schwartz & Connolly
(JSC).
Sheryl Lindros Dolan. Education: Cornell University (B.A.
in Chemistry); The National Law Center, George Washington
University (J.D.). Ms. Dolan has significant experience
in chemical regulation and pesticide registration matters.
She has assisted both domestic and international clients
in obtaining pesticide registrations through EPA. Ms.
Dolan worked previously for The Shaw Group and Stone & Webster-JSC
Management Consultants, Inc. (formerly Jellinek, Schwartz & Connolly,
Inc.). Ms. Dolan regularly manages corporate-wide TSCA
and FIFRA compliance audits, prepares and obtains TSCA
PMNs and related TSCA submissions, and is heavily engaged
in developing compliance strategies involving TSCA’s
new Inventory Update Rule requirements. Ms. Dolan also
has particular expertise in federal environmentally preferable
and bio-based product procurement programs and in assisting
clients in leveraging product attributes into sales opportunities.
Henry M. Jacoby, born Sheboygan , Wisconsin . Education:
St. Norbert College (B.S. in Chemistry); Frostburg State
University (M.S. in Management). Mr. Jacoby has over 34
years of experience in assisting pesticide, insecticide,
herbicide, fungicide, antimicrobial, wood preservation,
and antifouling paint manufacturers and formulators in
the area of environmental science and applications for
federal and state pesticide registrations and tolerance
petitions. Twenty-five years of his experience were gained
at EPA, where he worked in the Office of Pesticide Programs
as a Chemist, Product Manager, Senior Staff Member, and
Branch Chief. Upon retiring from EPA, Mr. Jacoby joined
the consultant firm of Charles , Conn & van Gemert,
LLC as Director of Environmental Affairs. In 2001, Mr.
Jacoby established his own regulatory consultant business.
Leslie S. MacDougall, born Fairfax County, VA. Education: Old Dominion University (B.S., 1988); The University of Maryland (post-graduate education in Toxicology, 1990); John Hopkins University (post-graduate education in Risk Assessment, 1992). Ms. MacDougall has extensive experience in chemical-related matters. Previously, she was the Programs Manager for the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) Program and the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Initiative for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) (1997-2006). During her tenure at EPA, Ms. MacDougall functioned as a liaison for EPA, industry representatives, OECD, and OECD member country governments. Also, Ms. MacDougall served as the U.S. representative on technical REACH-related issues; reviewed OECD and ICCA programmatic directives to formulate the U.S. position; performed peer review of assessments for test plans, dossier/robust summaries, and SIDS Initial Assessment Reports for individual chemical and categories; and functioned as an advisor to the High Production Volume Chemicals Branch Chief and Risk Assessment Division Director. Ms. MacDougall performed health and environmental effects screening level assessments of existing chemicals in support of other office programs, which included: the High Production Volume Challenge Program (HPV Challenge Program), TSCA Sections 4 and 8(e), the Risk Management 1 (RM1) process, and data evaluations on FYI submissions. After leaving EPA, Ms. MacDougall established her own regulatory consultant business, M8, Inc., where she consulted clients on international developments in chemical management, direct industry submissions under the OECD SIDS Program, TSCA Section 4 matters, and REACH-related issues.
Joseph
E. Plamondon, Ph.D., born Dubuque, Iowa. Education:
Loras College (B.S. in Chemistry); University of California
at Berkeley (M.S. in Bio-organic Chemistry); University
of California at Davis (Ph.D.). Dr. Plamondon has had
a long and distinguished career, and is well known in
the industrial chemical community. He brings a wealth
of experience from his prior positions with Rohm and Haas
Company and Akzo Nobel. In addition to his work within
the chemical industry, he has spent over ten years consulting
with chemical companies on a broad range of TSCA issues.
These have included providing strategic preparation and
submission of premanufacture notifications (PMN) designed
to avoid TSCA Section 5(e) consent orders and other adverse
regulations, as well as offering guidance to companies
in the determination of whether certain health and safety
information is reportable under TSCA Section 8(e). Dr.
Plamondon has presented at many conferences and professional
meetings, e.g., the American Chemistry Council’s
Global Chemical Regulations Conference (Living with TSCA),
among others, and has written extensively on chemical
regulatory matters. His most recent article, “The
DuPont TSCA Enforcement Action: Implications for the Chemical
Industry,” was published in Environmental Quality
Management.
Susan
Hunter Youngren, Ph.D., born Agana, Guam. Education:
Michigan State University (B.S. in Microbiology and Public
Health, 1977); Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University (M.S. in Environmental Sciences and Engineering,
1986); and George Mason University (Ph.D. in Environmental
Biology and Public Policy, 1996). Dr. Youngren has more
than 18 years of experience in the field of risk assessment,
with particular emphasis on exposure assessment. Dr. Youngren
has served as the project manager/senior scientist for
a diverse range of risk assessments required under FIFRA,
including residential, dietary, and microbial exposure
assessments, under Proposition 65, including MADL and
NSRL development, and under RCRA, including CERCLA/RCRA
hazardous waste site assessment. Dr. Youngren is well-versed
in the preparation of individual, aggregate, and cumulative
residential and consumer product exposure assessments
using deterministic and Monte Carlo techniques. Dr. Youngren
has managed and conducted numerous residential and occupational
exposure assessments on behalf of clients to assess dermal,
inhalation, and oral exposures to humans from pesticide
products, such as termiticides; flea and tick products
for pets, carpets, and turf; fungicides for turf and home
gardens; and indoor and outdoor insecticide fogger products.
Dr. Youngren has held positions with environmental science
consulting firms involving the conduct of exposure assessments
to support human health risk assessments responding to
a wide range of regulatory requirements. She is a member
of the Society of Risk Analysis (SRA) and the International
Society of Exposure Analysis (ISEA), and is a Counselor
for the ISEA. At the SRA, Dr. Youngren served on the Editorial
Board of the SRA Residential Exposure Assessment Project
and as post-Chair of the SRA Exposure Assessment Specialty
Group.
Allison J. MacDougall Davidson, Manager of Non-Attorney
Professional Staff, born Dedham, Massachusetts. Education:
Bentley College (A.S. Degree in Paralegal Studies, 1988).
Member: National Federation of Paralegal Associations;
National Capital Area Paralegal Association.
Carla
N. Hutton, born
Adelphi, Maryland; admitted to bar, 1995, Maryland. Education:
University of Pennsylvania (B.A., with honors, 1991);
Washington College of Law (J.D., 1994).
Barbara Christianson, Legal Assistant, born Pensacola,
Florida. Education: University of Maryland (B.A. in
History, 1995).
