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Nick Leonard & Allison Collins Join MELJ

  

Published in Michigan Environmental Law Journal, Spring 2018, Vol. 36, No. 1, Issue 104 [view full issue].
Cite: 36 Mich Env Law J 1 (2018)

The MELJ's Editorial Committee is growing fast. The Committee welcomed four new co-editors this Spring: Nicholas Leonard, Allison Collins, Joni Roach, and Lydia Barbash-Riley.

leonard.jpgNick Leonard is a staff attorney at the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center in Detroit. From 2014 to 2016, Nick worked with the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center as an Equal Justice Works fellow. His fellowship project focused on providing transactional legal services to individuals, nonprofit corporations, and for-profit businesses engaged in urban agriculture in Detroit. After transitioning to his role as staff attorney at the conclusion of his fellowship, Nick has worked on environmental justice issues in Detroit, with a specific focus on Clean Air Act permitting, hazardous and solid waste management, and local environmental policy. Recently, he published an article entitled Unlocking Urban Agriculture's Potential with Municipal Policy in the ABA Natural Resources & Environment magazine and he was featured in Detroit Legal News.

Nick studied English at Kalamazoo College before obtaining his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. Nick spends his free time watching Tigers baseball, backpacking in mountains, and cooking.

collins_jpg.pngAllison Collins is a member of the General Litigation Practice Group and Agri-Business Practice Group at Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC's Lansing office. She has extensive experience in environmental litigation in both state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels. Her areas of environmental work include water, soil, natural resources permitting, regulatory compliance, contract negotiation, due diligence, investigation and cleanup of contaminated sites, and administrative proceedings. She was named a Michigan Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2017 and 2018.

Allison studied history and criminology at the University of Pennsylvania before obtaining her law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law. She attended the University on scholarship and was ultimately awarded dean's honors. While in law school she contributed greatly to the University's Student Legal Services. Allison spends her free time traveling, gardening, and hiking.


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