Alysa Keller Reno, Nevada
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Alysa Keller is a member of the firm's Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources department, where she practices primarily in the areas of environmental law and water law. In addition to her law degree, Ms. Keller has a master's degree in geological and environmental science from Stanford University. Prior to practicing law, Ms. Keller worked in the field of environmental consulting and engineering, performing environmental site assessments, remediation and governmental permitting. Her law practice includes conducting environmental due diligence in connection with mineral and real property acquisitions and financing and liability reviews; governmental permitting and licensing of water and mineral projects; and advising and representing clients in environmental compliance, liability and enforcement matters.
Related Activities and Skills:
- Appointed Member, Air Pollution Control Hearing Board, Washoe County District Board of Health
- Former Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law, Sierra Nevada College
- Member, Washoe County Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Nevada
- Member, State Bar of California
- Member, American Bar Association, Environment, Energy and Resources Section
- Member, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
- Member, Geological Society of America
- Member, Association for Women Geoscientists
Upcoming Presentations:
- "CERCLA 108(b) Financial Assurances for Hardrock Mining – Overdue or Overburden?"
57th Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, July 2011, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Areas of Practice:
- Climate Law
- Brownfields
- CERCLA/Superfund
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act/Wetlands
- Commercial Property Development
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Management
- Environmental Permitting & Compliance
- Natural Resources & Mining Litigation
- Natural Resources & Water
- Project Permitting
- Water Rights & Water Districts
- Bar Admissions:
- U.S. District Court District of Nevada, 2001
- Nevada, 2001
- California, 2006
- Education:
- University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California,
2001
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: CALI Awards: Administrative Law, Real Property Law - Stanford University,
1995
M.S.
Major: Geological and Environmental Science - San Diego State University,
1990
B.S.
Honors: Outstanding Graduate in Geological Sciences
Major: Geological Sciences
- Published Works:
- Two Questions to Address Before Buying Distressed Properties, Business Law Guide, Northern Nevada Business Weekly, September 2009
- What Are the Legal Services You Never, Ever Should Cut? How Come? (co-author), Northern Nevada Business Weekly, September 2009
- Ski Industry Response to Global Warming, (co-author), ABA Natural Resources & Environment, Summer, 2007
- Paleoclimatologic Analysis of a Late Jurassic Petrified Forest, Southeastern Mongolia, PALAIOS; June 1997; v. 12; no. 3; p. 282-291, 1997
- An evaluation of Permian terrestrial deposits as potential hydrocarbon source rocks, southern Mongolia (co-author), American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 79, 1998
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Presented: "Environmental Assessments and Findings of No Significant Impact; Evolution of Regulatory Requirements and Recent Developments in the Law; Legal and Practical Implications", NEPA Climate Change, Cumulative Impacts and Compliance Conference, CLE International, December 10 -11, 2009, Portland, OR.
- Presented: "Environmental Issues Contaminated Property Transactions", Advanced Issues in Real Estate Law Seminar, NBI, September 22, 2009, Reno, NV.
- Presented: "Environmental Assessments (EAs) and Findings of No Significant Impacts (FONSIs), Recent Developments in the Law", NEPA Conference, CLE International, February 23, 2009, San Diego, CA
