Andrea Galvez

Environmental Litigation

• Defending a chemical manufacturer in multidistrict litigation concerning alleged PFAS contamination of drinking water.
• Defending a medical products sterilization company in lawsuits alleging personal injuries from alleged exposure to ethylene oxide.
• Defended an electric utility company in lawsuit alleging personal injuries and property damages arising from alleged groundwater and surface water discharges and air emissions. Constituents of concern included hexavalent chromium, uranium, radium, and radon.
• Represented a Los Angeles-area refinery in a challenge under the California Environmental Quality Act to the conversion of an existing crude oil refinery into a renewable fuels facility.
• Represented an interstate pipeline company in multiforum litigation and permitting proceedings relating to its pipeline project.
• Second chair in a commercial litigation trial, which, after the post-trial briefing, resulted in full declaratory and injunctive relief and was affirmed on appeal.

Regulatory Compliance

• Providing nationwide environmental regulatory counsel to a major U.S. food retailer. Counseling includes advising on federal, state, and local issues involving air, water, and waste.
• Counseling clients from various industries including food service, retail, and manufacturing on extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislative and regulatory obligations concerning packaging, food serviceware, textiles, and print materials.
• Advising clients on compliance with California’s climate disclosure laws, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253), and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261).

Andrea Galvez represents clients in environmental litigation and toxic tort litigation matters in federal and state courts and counsels clients on a range of regulatory compliance matters. She advises clients on issues involving PFAS, extended producer responsibility (EPR) state programs, climate disclosure requirements, and contamination concerns. Andrea has experience tracking and analyzing legal developments on the federal, state, and local levels related to PFAS and ESG laws. She also conducts environmental due diligence in both buyer- and seller-side transactions. Andrea serves on the firm’s Associates Committee.

Andrea maintains an active immigration pro bono practice, having represented multiple clients in applications for affirmative immigration relief. She serves on the Emerging Leaders Council for the nonprofit organization Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network.

Andrea received her J.D., with high honors and induction into the Order of the Coif, from the Emory University School of Law. During law school, she served as a legal extern for Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren of the Georgia Supreme Court and the Hon. Timothy C. Batten, Sr. of the Northern District of Georgia.

Languages

• Spanish
• Portuguese

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Emory University (J.D., 2022)
• Vanderbilt University (M.A., 2018)
• Harvard College (A.B., 2015)

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