Management Environmental

REBECCA E.TODD

Water Run Farm *** Coyote Canyon Road

West Chesterfield, New Hampshire 03466 USA

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LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Law Office of Rebecca Todd

Attorney, West Chesterfield, New Hampshire, January 1999 to April 2001; May 2002 to present

Representing individuals and organizations in a litigation, mediation, and transactional

practice in a wide range of matters including environmental, land use, education,

business, and non-profit management.

Stonewall Farm

Interim Executive Director, Keene, New Hampshire, November 2002 to June 2003

Managed a non-profit environmental educational center and working farm with a full-

time staff of thirteen and a budget of $900,000.

Bragdon Berkson & Klein, P.C.

Associate Attorney, Keene, New Hampshire, April 2001 to May 2002

Represented public and private clients in land use, civil litigation, municipal law, real

estate, and business law matters.

Office of the Attorney General of Washington, Torts Division - Education Group

Assistant Attorney General, Seattle, Washington, August 1996 to July 1998

Defended public universities in federal and state suits on affirmative action, labor,

employment, injury, civil rights, contract, copyright, and age, gender, and race

discrimination.

Office of the Attorney General of Washington, Ecology Division

Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, Washington, March 1993 to August 1996

Represented the Department of Ecology in federal and state courts; provided advice

regarding freshwater and marine resources, hazardous and nuclear waste, and bankruptcy.

Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc.

Associate Attorney, Pacific Northwest Office, October 1990 to October 1992

Responsible for litigation under the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and State

Environmental Policy Act; petitioned for withdrawal of state Clean Water Act authority.

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Legal Fellow, New York Office, September 1989 to October 1990

Litigated cases regarding Clean Water Act violations, EPA s Fifth Annual Report on

Carcinogens, Superfund site remedy selection; challenged the rehabitation of Love Canal.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fulbright Visiting Lecturer Fellowship, December 2007 to June 2008

Symbiosis Law School, Pune, India

Taught LLM level courses at nationally ranked law school in India; delivered lectures

and gave workshops on US environmental law, international environmental law, US

constitutional law, and alternative dispute resolution throughout India.

Associate Professor, 2008 to present

Adjunct Professor, 2001 to 2007

Antioch University New England, Keene, New Hampshire

Teaching graduate level courses in environmental law, alternative dispute resolution,

environmental policy, and education law.

Lecturer, 1991 through 1996

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Shoreline Community College, Seattle, Washington

Taught classes on litigation, environmental law, land use, and administrative law.

EDUCATION

Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

The Corporate Environmental Leadership Seminar, June 1993

Cornell Law School J.D. 1989

Environmental Law Society, Chair 1987-88, Member 1986-89

Feminism and Law Discussion Series, Founding Participant 1987-89

Dartmouth College B.A. cum laude 1984

Honors thesis in biology

Scripps Institute of Oceanography, graduate classes, Fall 1983

Dartmouth Tropical Ecology Program, Costa Rica and Jamaica, Winter 1982

SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE

University of California, Santa Barbara, Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory

Research Biologist, Mono Lake Research Group, 1984 86

Dartmouth College Department of Biological Sciences, Moosilauke Research Group

Research Biologist, Summer 1983

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

Research Biologist, Winter 1982

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PUBLICATIONS

Guest Editor, Journal of Symbiosis Law College, Vol. VII, December 2007.

Contributor, Environmental Law & Practice; Compliance/Litigation/Forms,

Donald W. Stever and Eliza A. Dolin, Editors, and the Environmental Law Institute,

Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1993.

Contributor, Tracking Superfund: Where The Program Stands, A Comprehensive

Environmental-Industry Report on Recent EPA Cleanup Decisions, 1990.

PAPERS PRESENTED

Emerging Trends in U.S. Environmental Law, National Judicial Seminar, National

Judicial Academy, Bhopal India, January 10-12, 2008.

International Environmental Law, National Judicial Seminar, National Judicial

Academy, Bhopal India, January 10-12, 2008.

Perspectives of an American Lawyer, Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai India,

February 22, 2008.

Workshop on Negotiation and Mediation Skills, Symbiosis Law School, Pune India,

May 22-24, 2008.

The History and Future of Wetlands Regulation, Friends of Open Space, Keene New

Hampshire, November 1, 2006.

Current Land Use Issues in Washington State, Third Annual Northwest Environmental

Issues Course, Seattle Washington, March 11, 1996.

The Protection of Anadromous Fishes and The Clean Water Act, Fish and Wildlife

Habitat Conference, Portland Oregon, August 17, 1995.

The Promise of Dosewallips, 1995 Water Law Symposium, Washington Law School

Foundation and the University of Washington Center for Environmental Law and Policy,

Seattle Washington, January 21, 1994.

"The Shoreline Management Act: A Combined Planning and Permitting Program,"

Washington Law School Foundation, Seattle Washington, November 30, 1993.

"Compliance Audits, Enforcement, and Citizen Suit Issues," Third Annual Environmental

Law and Management Conference, Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark

College, Seattle Washington, May 24 25, 1993.

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"Pollution Prevention: Community Perspectives and Priorities," Fourth Annual Waste

Reduction Symposium, Spokane Washington, October 20 21, 1992.

"Clean Water Act: NPDES General Permits and Emerging Trends in Nonpoint

Regulation," Washington State Bar Association 1992 Environmental and Land Use Law

Section Midyear Meeting and Seminar, Vancouver British Columbia, May 28 30, 1992.

Water Quality Authority Who's In Charge?," Second Annual Environmental Law and

Management Conference, Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College,

Seattle Washington, May 5, 1992, and Portland Oregon, May 7, 1992.

"Understanding the Impact of Sediment Management Initiatives on Dischargers and

Aquatic Landowners," Managing Contaminated Sediments Preparing for the New

Standards, Seattle Washington, December 9 10, 1991.

"Point Sources on Our Waterways," 1991 Northwest Rivers Conference, Agenda for

Sustainable Watersheds, Seattle Washington, November 15, 1991.

"Implications of Federalism Under the Clean Water Act," American Bar Association

Symposium, Section of Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law, Seattle

Washington, October 30 31, 1991.

"Most Recent Developments in the Clean Water Act," Region X Federal/State

Environmental Regulation Course, Seattle, Washington, September 11 13, 1991.

BAR MEMBERSHIP

United States District Court for New Hampshire, 2002

New Hampshire State Bar, 2002

United States Supreme Court, 1997

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Washington State, 1994

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington State, 1993

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1993

District Court for the Western District of Washington State, 1991

Washington State Bar, 1991

Connecticut State Bar, 1990

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

Member, City of Keene Earth Excavation Committee, 2002 to 2004

Moderator, Town of Surry, 2000 to 2003

Member, Conservation Commission, Town of Surry, 1998 to 2002

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BOARD MEMBERSHIP

Member, Conservation Law Foundation, New Hampshire State Board, 2009 to present

Vice-President, Brattleboro Hockey Association, 2006 to present

Co-chair, Cobra Honor Society Board of Overseers, Dartmouth College, 2000 to present

Member, Antioch New England Institute, Policy Council, 2006 to 2007

Secretary, Biodiversity Project, Madison WI, 2006 to 2007; Member, 2007 to 2008

Member, Stonewall Farm Board of Directors, 2002

Advisory Council, Women in Science Program, Dartmouth College, 1999 to 2001

President, Sand Pond Association, 1999 to 2001; Executive Committee, 1998 to 2003

5, labor,

employment, injury, civil rights, contract, copyright, and age, gender, and race

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