Hunton & Williams LLP Promotes Environmental Lawyer Karma B. Brown to Counsel

WASHINGTON — January 22, 2013 — Hunton & Williams LLP announces the promotion of Karma B. Brown to Counsel. Based in the firm's office in Washington, Brown's practice focuses on litigation and regulatory compliance with the Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Endangered Species Act, and on CERCLA and hazardous waste cases throughout the country. She was named one of five "Rising Stars" by Law360 in field of environmental law in 2012.

In addition to her legal work, Brown has undertaken significant pro bono work representing detainees at Guantánamo Bay in habeas corpus proceedings and numerous asylum applicants before the Department of Homeland Security. She was an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School from 2007 to 2009. Before joining the firm, she participated in the Solicitor's Honors Program at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor and was a law clerk to the Honorable Francis M. Allegra of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Washington.

Ranked #1 nationally for environmental law in 2012 by Chambers USA and named among the Law360 Environmental Practice Groups of the Year for the past three years, Hunton & Williams has long been at the center of the most significant environmental policy debates, regulatory developments, transactions and litigation. The practice group represents clients in matters involving virtually every major federal statute and numerous state laws. It has led precedent-setting legal challenges from the District of Columbia to California, in state and federal courts and at the appellate level, including several U.S. Supreme Court cases. The group coordinates routinely with the firm’s transactional lawyers to assist clients on domestic and cross-border transactions.

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