Government Affairs and Environmental Counsel

About

Leah Silverthorn is an experienced government affairs professional assisting companies on complex environmental and energy issues. Prior to private consulting, Leah served as the Senior Policy Advocate at the largest broad-based business advocacy group in California.

Leah spends her time thinking about climate, energy, and transportation policy. She represents clients on first-in-the-world issues such as the Advanced Clean Trucks rule, first-in-the-nation ESG reporting, as well as energy reliability and climate goals and environmental policy across the US and abroad.

Leah also has over 17 years of experience and practice as an environmental attorney, representing Fortune 500 companies, municipalities, NGOs and insurance companies on environmental laws in state and federal courts and before environmental agencies across the United States.


 

Juris Doctor, 2007, cum laude, Indiana University McKinney School of Law

Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs, Environmental Management 2004, cum laude, Indiana University-Bloomington

Admitted in Indiana, Washington, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, the Western District of Washington, and the 1st, 7th and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeal