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Biography

Tammy is recognized as an experienced leader in environmental legal matters in Michigan and nationally. Clients benefit not only from her legal experience, but also from her engineering background and her understanding of environmental policy, which allow her to create innovative and comprehensive legal strategies and compliance programs.

Tammy focuses particularly on environmental compliance and remediation matters on behalf of regulated parties, including
corporations, trade associations, municipalities, and airport authorities. She is active in evaluating, drafting comments, and litigating state and federal regulatory matters.

More recently, Tammy has focused her practice on the unique challenges of emerging contaminants, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including helping lead the national PFAS Regulatory Coalition. She also advises clients on product energy efficiency
compliance and enforcement with the Department of Energy and similar state programs. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Tammy served as a pollution prevention coordinator at the NASA Ames Research Center and was an environmental engineer at Ford Motor Company.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • State Bar of Michigan Environmental Law Section, Past-Chair and Secretary/Treasurer, Hazardous Substances & Brownfields Committee
  • Graduate, Urban Land Institute’s Larson Center for Leadership (inaugural class)
  • Member and Past Chair, City of Grand Rapids Vital Streets Oversight Commission
  • Former External Advisory Board Member, Pavlis Honors College, Michigan Technological University
  • Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees, Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School
  • Intern, Honorable Robert H. Cleland, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

HONORS

  • Michigan Super Lawyers (beginning 2015); Rising Stars (beginning 2009)
  • The Best Lawyers in America (beginning 2016)
  • Grand Rapids Magazine Top Lawyers (beginning 2019)
  • EDUCATION

  • University of Michigan Law School, J.D., Associate Editor, Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
  • Michigan Technological University, M.S., Environmental Policy
  • Michigan Technological University, B.S., Environmental Engineering
  • BAR ADMISSIONS

    Michigan

    COURT ADMISSIONS

    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan