Professional Biography
Kerensa Gimre

Kerensa Gimre Associate

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Experience

Save Long Beach Island v. U.S. Department of Commerce (D.N.J.)

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Represent trade association as amicus curiae in case challenging NOAA’s issuance of authorizations under Marine Mammal Protection Act to offshore wind companies with leases in New York Bight (pending).

Save Long Beach Island v. U.S. Department of the Interior (D.D.C.)

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Represent amici nonprofit organizations, including trade associations, that promote renewable energy in challenge to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) offshore wind energy leasing program in the New York Bight. Drafted amicus brief in support of motion to dismiss filed by government, which was granted (pending).

Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Haaland
Alatna Village Council v. Padgett

U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska
Represent intervenor-defendant mining company in cases challenging permits for a new, State-constructed road in north-central Alaska that will cross federal lands and water bodies. The plaintiffs assert claims under NEPA, Federal Lands Policy and Management Act, Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), NHPA, and CWA (pending).

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Education

  • UC Berkeley School of Law, J.D., Public Interest and Social Justice Certificate, Pro Bono Honors with Highest Distinction
  • University of Cambridge, M.Phil., Environmental Policy
  • The University of Arizona, M.S., Applied Mathematics
  • Stanford University, M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Pacific University, B.S., Math and Physics, magna cum laude