Practice Areas
She advocates and litigates in federal and state courts and administrative forums,
often in collaboration with other solo and nonprofit attorneys.
What laws do we enforce?
Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Safe Drinking Water Act
National Environmental Policy Act
Other regulatory and enviroment-adjacent laws
(open meetings laws, freedom of information, civil rights, etc.)
Examples of enforcement
Successful advocacy on behalf of individuals, ranchers, and a bed & breakfast against a mining expansion, leading EPA to remand an Underground Injection Control (UIC) program request for exemption of a Southeastern Utah aquifer from drinking water protections
Ongoing litigation with seasoned Clean Air Act experts, Reed Zars and George Hayes, to enforce prohibitions on modifying and tampering with pollution control devices and investigate polluting heavy industries
Litigated with local groups and residents to advance safe drinking water in Newark, NJ, which faced lead levels in water that threatened public health
Investigated and reported on environmental pollution impacting incarcerated individuals and surrounding rural communities in a notorious Southeastern prison
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 in Oregon]
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)