Stacey Halliday

She also counsels clients on environmental aspects of business transactions, including due diligence, contract drafting, and the negotiation of environmental provisions in sale and lease agreements.

ESG & Environmental Justice

In addition to Stacey’s environmental regulatory practice, she advises clients on ESG and environmental justice matters, with expertise involving voluntary and mandatory disclosures, sustainability ratings, environmental marketing claims and litigation (such as recycled content and recyclability), and environmental justice strategy and state compliance. Consistent with this expertise, she serves as a co-chair of the firm’s ESG Working Group.

Government Experience & Congressional Oversight

As a senior member of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) oversight response team, Stacey provided legal and strategic guidance on congressional investigation and hearing preparation. She played a key role in the EPA’s incident response and crisis management of the Flint drinking water crisis, the Gold King Mine spill, and the legal defense of the Clean Power Plan and Clean Water Rule. While serving as Special Counsel in the EPA’s Office of General Counsel, she coordinated the agency’s response to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights investigation of the EPA’s Title VI program.

• Drinking water component manufacturer in advising on compliance obligations under EPA’s Lead-Free Rule and corresponding labeling requirements. 
• National and local residential renovators in a criminal and civil federal enforcement matters subject to TSCA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule and related lead paint requirements. 
• Independent Corporate Compliance Monitor, pursuant to U.S. DOJ plea agreement for global automobile manufacturer, serving as team lead overseeing issues related to environmental management systems and auditing.
• Appliance manufacturer in advising on Right to Repair state laws, required labeling, and national compliance strategy.
• Global airline in advising on environmental marketing materials and voluntary sustainability reporting on minimizing global litigation and enforcement risk in accordance with domestic reporting requirements and global standards. 
• Consumer product manufacturer on multi-jurisdictional ESG compliance review and ongoing impact assessment for risk mitigation.
• Global clean energy technology company in advising on corporate social responsibility, including developing annual reporting content and broader strategic approaches to sustainability and environmental justice.
• Leading national energy utility in designing and implementing programs to incorporate environmental justice considerations in project decision-making.
• A large municipality in a federal investigation of compliance obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by the EPA and the U.S. Department of Transportation. 
• Several national trade associations in advising on evolving state and federal compliance obligations and best practices for environmental justice.