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Washington, DC 20006 (202) 618-1007
lizzie@eubankslegal.com
Bar Admissions: DC (active), MD (inactive)
Court Admissions: U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the D.C. Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the District of Colorado
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Lewis is a Senior Associate at Eubanks & Associates, PLLC (E&A). Previously, Lizzie was a Law Fellow and then an Associate at Meyer Glitzenstein & Eubanks LLP (MGE) and E&A, after first completing a year-long Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She also serves as an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law (WCL), where she teaches Marine and Coastal Environmental Law and the Program on Environmental and Energy Law Practicum, and at Vermont Law and Graduate School, where she teaches the summer Ocean and Coastal Law course. Lizzie has obtained numerous honors, including her selection to the Environmental Law Institute’s Emerging Leaders Initiative in 2020.
Lizzie has won several major victories in federal courts around the country as lead or co-lead counsel. She has subject matter expertise in ocean conservation law and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Her legal specialties also include the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, public lands statutes (e.g., National Park Service Organic Act, National Forest Management Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act), wildlife laws (e.g., Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act, Animal Welfare Act), and open government statutes (e.g., Freedom of Information Act). Among other issues, Lizzie has represented clients in a formal rulemaking on a proposed waiver of the MMPA, federal litigation challenging the supplemental feeding of elk in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, and federal litigation seeking access to necropsy reports for captive killer whales.
Prior to joining Eubanks & Associates’ predecessor firm (MGE), Lizzie worked on both domestic and international environmental issues for various non-profit organizations and government agencies. Specifically, her previous experiences in public interest environmental law and policy include legal internships with Oceana, the Environmental Law Institute, EPA Office of Administrative Law Judges, and NOAA General Counsel's International Section. Lizzie also received a Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, which allowed her to spend a year as the Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator of NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR). There, she worked directly with the Assistant Administrator to provide strategic and policy advice on a variety of issues within OAR's portfolio. She also partnered with NOAA General Counsel to examine discrete issues concerning treaty implementation and the maritime law of historic shipwrecks.
Lizzie received her J.D., summa cum laude, from WCL in 2015, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. She received a B.S. with Honors in Biology, summa cum laude, from Dickinson College in 2010, where she also completed a second major in Russian History and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
In her spare time, Lizzie can be found hiking our National Parks, exploring DC with her social sports league, and playing with her two cats.