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Alisha Mehta Adams

Alisha Mehta Adams

Associate, Austin
512.236.2340
amehta@jw.com
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Recognition & Accolades Publications & Speeches Community Involvement Client Results

Practice Areas

  • Government Relations & Public Policy
  • Environment & Natural Resources

Experience

  • Electric Power
  • Electric Regulatory
  • Environmental Compliance & Enforcement
  • Environmental Due Diligence
  • Government Affairs
  • Remediation & Property Redevelopment
  • Renewable Energy
  • Water

Biography

Alisha Mehta Adams is an attorney in the Environmental and Regulatory section of Jackson Walker’s Austin office. Alisha represents a diverse set of clients in permitting, land use, and water matters, including commercial and residential real estate developers and special utility districts. She is experienced in advising clients on regulatory matters and complex environmental litigation matters in both state and federal courts and in arbitration proceedings, including identification and mitigation of environmental risks, navigating the permitting processes, and defending clients in administrative enforcement actions. Additionally, she routinely counsels clients on administrative, transactional, and regulatory issues before the Public Utility Commission of Texas and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, including energy project transactions, regulatory proceedings, contested cases, rate cases, transmission line projects, and compliance matters. She also is experienced in analyzing environmental issues for renewable energy projects.

Prior to joining Jackson Walker, Alisha served as a Judicial Law Clerk for Justice Don Willett at the Supreme Court of Texas.

Additional Languages

Gujarati, Hindi, Spanish

Education

B.A., Barnard College of Columbia University, 2013
J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2016

  • Notes and Research Editor, Duke Journal of Law and Contemporary Problems
  • Executive Board Member, Environmental Law Society

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2016

Recognition & Accolades Publications & Speeches Community Involvement Client Results
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Environmental Law, 2021-2022
    • Government Relations Practice, 2021-2022
  • Girlstart Alumna Honoree, Girlstart Annual Game Changers Luncheon, 2018
  • Co-Author, “Key Permit Used in Keystone XL Pipeline Put On Hold – Potential Far-Reaching Impacts on Other Projects,” Jackson Walker Insights (May 1, 2020)
  • Co-Author, “U.S. Supreme Court Finds That Clean Water Act’s Permitting Requirements Can Extend to Discharges Through Groundwater,” Jackson Walker Insights (April 24, 2020)
  • Co-Author, “EPA Proposes New Source Performance Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants,” Jackson Walker Insights (December 11, 2018)
  • Co-Author, “EPA Proposes Rule to Exempt Farm Animal Waste Reporting,” Jackson Walker Insights (November 15, 2018)
  • Co-Author, “EPA Proposes to Revise Significant Aspects of Methane Rule,” Jackson Walker Insights (September 13, 2018)
  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Pathfinder Program, 2018
Jackson Walker Represents MEAG in Purchase of U.S. Water Utility

July 16, 2018

Recognition & Accolades

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Environmental Law, 2021-2022
    • Government Relations Practice, 2021-2022
  • Girlstart Alumna Honoree, Girlstart Annual Game Changers Luncheon, 2018

Publications & Speeches

  • Co-Author, “Key Permit Used in Keystone XL Pipeline Put On Hold – Potential Far-Reaching Impacts on Other Projects,” Jackson Walker Insights (May 1, 2020)
  • Co-Author, “U.S. Supreme Court Finds That Clean Water Act’s Permitting Requirements Can Extend to Discharges Through Groundwater,” Jackson Walker Insights (April 24, 2020)
  • Co-Author, “EPA Proposes New Source Performance Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants,” Jackson Walker Insights (December 11, 2018)
  • Co-Author, “EPA Proposes Rule to Exempt Farm Animal Waste Reporting,” Jackson Walker Insights (November 15, 2018)
  • Co-Author, “EPA Proposes to Revise Significant Aspects of Methane Rule,” Jackson Walker Insights (September 13, 2018)

Community Involvement

  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Pathfinder Program, 2018

Practice Areas

  • Environment & Natural Resources
  • Government Relations & Public Policy

Experience

  • Electric Power
  • Electric Regulatory
  • Environmental Compliance & Enforcement
  • Environmental Due Diligence
  • Government Affairs
  • Remediation & Property Redevelopment
  • Renewable Energy
  • Water

News

  • JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – October 2021
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 178 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2022 Edition, Including 8 “Lawyers of the Year” and 31 “Ones to Watch”
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 164 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2021 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 25 “Ones to Watch”
  • Court Orders Dakota Access Pipeline Shut Down
  • Key Permit Used in Keystone XL Pipeline Put On Hold – Potential Far-Reaching Impacts on Other Projects
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