Michelle Newman Fein Principal
Michelle Fein is a public interest litigator and environmental justice advocate. She has represented citizens, non-profits, and community groups enforcing federal environmental laws like the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act, and helped communities seeking to alleviate pollution where they live. Prior to founding her own law office, she was a litigation fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and a law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. She has a J.D. ('15) from Northeastern University School of Law, where she was a Public Interest Law Scholar, and a B.A. ('10) from the University of Pennsylvania.
Bar Admissions
Utah
New York
Massachusetts (inactive status)
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Publications, Presentations, etc.
Fein, M., Ospina, N., Marquez, L., & Seed, D., “Environmental Justice Advocacy: Lessons & Strategies from Community Campaigns for Healthier Ports,” PLI (Oct. 2022) [Note: also presented at in March 2023 PIELC Conference]
Newman, M. & Nelson, N., “Working with Communities on Water Justice Issues,” PLI Chronicle: Insights andPerspectives for the Legal Community (April 2021)
Schromen-Wawrin, L. & Newman, M., “Nature’s Rights throughLawmaking in the United States,” Sustainability and the Rights of Nature in Practice (Cameron La Follette et al. eds., 2019)
Newman, M. & Nelson, N., “Water Justice 101: A Survey of Common Issues and HowAttorneys Can Help,” PLI (April 2021)
Beletsky, L., LaSalle, L., Newman, M., Paré, J., Tam, J., &Tochka, A., Fatal Re-Entry: Legal and Programmatic Opportunities to Curb Opioid Overdose among Individuals Newly Released from Incarceration, Northeastern University Law Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 155-215 (2015)
Languages spoken
English (native)
Spanish (fluency in speaking, reading, & writing)