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Lisa focuses her regulatory practice on traditional and renewable energy, including large, community-based wind developments and other renewable energy projects. She advises clients on regulatory and permitting matters before the MPUC and other state regulatory agenices.Before joining Lindquist & Vennum, Lisa served as an assistant attorney general in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office for more than six years. In that position, she:Counseled the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) on regulatory matters concerning electric and gas utilities and power plants; wind developments; nuclear plants and radioactive-waste storage facilities; transmission lines; and natural gas and petroleum pipelines. She worked with and coordinated with PUC staff and the Minnesota Department of Commerce energy-facilities-permitting staff. Her representation of the MPUC also included state and federal appeals and matters related to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.Advised the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Department of Transportation, Department of Natural Resources, and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities on hazardous-waste cleanup; environmental review; wetland matters and Board of Water and Soil Resources petitions for appeal; and state and federal environmental laws.Represented the agencies in litigation, arbitration and mediation of construction contract claims for highways, buildings, and landfills; environmental claims made under Minnesota’s Environmental Rights Act and Environmental Policy Act; and matters related to the Federal Highway Administration and Corps of Engineers.Before joining the Minnesota AGO, Lisa worked for three years as a law clerk and an assistant attorney general in the Alaska Attorney General’s Office.She currently serves as an adjunct professor of law in the Writing and Representation Program at William Mitchell College of Law. | 