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Kathryn L. Lannon

Senior Consultant
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Katie Lannon counsels and advocates for clients on environmental and safety matters, with a focus on the transportation industry. Katie represents corporations and trade associations before various federal courts and administrative agencies, including the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, as well as the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

Katie regularly counsels clients on compliance with new and existing environmental and safety regulations, including Clean Air Act mobile source regulations, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, and Hazardous Materials Regulations. She works closely with clients to submit comments to agency-proposed rulemakings and draft guidance on issues critical to their business. Katie also works actively with clients in responding to agency information requests, including asserting and substantiating business confidentiality claims, as well as submitting Freedom of Information Act and other requests for release of agency information. She has filed and intervened in lawsuits on behalf of industry clients challenging agency actions in federal district and appellate courts under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Administrative Procedure Act, and Freedom of Information Act.

Before joining Morgan Lewis, Katie was counsel in the transportation regulatory practice of another international law firm.  She previously served as an adjunct professor with the Journal of Energy and Environmental Law at The George Washington University Law School for five years, and as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Emily C. Hewitt, Chief Judge of the US Court of Federal Claims. Prior to attending law school, Katie worked as a wilderness program director and outdoor instructor.

  • Providing ongoing environmental and safety regulatory compliance advice to transportation sector clients, including compliance with Hazardous Materials Regulations
  • Assisting manufacturers of passenger vehicles and heavy-duty and nonroad engines in obtaining certificates of conformity from the EPA and executive orders from CARB
  • Assisting manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment with safety reporting requirements and responding to information requests from NHTSA
  • Responding to EPA and CARB information requests under the Clean Air Act
  • Negotiating consent decrees with EPA and DOJ and implementing mitigation plans for alleged Clean Air Act violations
  • Intervening on behalf of clients to protect their confidential business information in litigation between EPA and industry competitors
  • The George Washington University Law School, 2009, J.D., with highest honors, Order of the Coif
  • Davidson College, 1999, B.S., biology
  • District of Columbia
  • North Carolina
  • US Court of Federal Claims
  • US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • US District Court for the District of Columbia
  • Clerkship to Chief Judge Emily C. Hewitt of the US Court of Federal Claims (2009 - 2010)

Member, Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Section, DC Bar Association

Member, Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Section, NC Bar Association