Margaret
Holden
Associate

Margaret
Holden
Associate
Meg’s practice focuses on environmental and land use litigation, regulatory compliance counseling, renewable energy development, and environmental due diligence of development projects.
Meg has challenged and defended projects under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act and represented potentially responsible parties in CERCLA proceedings. She has experience with matters arising under a variety of federal environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act. Meg also has experience advising clients on permitting and environmental review for offshore wind projects.
Prior to joining the firm in 2018, Meg was an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Environmental Law Division of the New York City Law Department. During her time at the City of New York, she represented the City and its agencies in federal and state environmental litigation, and assisted City agencies with environmental regulatory compliance. Before working for the City, Meg clerked on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Meg is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Environmental Law Review and was a student attorney for the Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic. Before law school, Meg worked for an environmental nonprofit in New Delhi, India.
“State and Federal Site Contamination Law”
For: HalfMoon Education Seminars
“Environmental Law: Developments in the Law of SEQRA, ” Co-author
For: 71 Syracuse L. Rev.
“Beyond PFAS 101: Understanding Technical Approaches in PFAS Liability Assessment”
For: Webinar Hosted by Roux Associates (panelist)
Sackett v. EPA
For: Harvard Environmental Law Review
Equinor Becomes Leading U.S. Offshore Wind Developer with 2,500 Megawatt Award from New York State
Council on Environmental Quality’s New NEPA Regulations: An Analysis
Public Service Commission Issues Two Orders in Furtherance of Renewable Energy Growth
Court Narrows Scope of NWP 12 Ruling; Corps Appeals to Ninth Circuit
Wartime Regulation Does Not Render Government an Operator Under CERCLA, Third Circuit Rules
Nationwide Permit for Pipelines and Utility Projects Vacated on ESA Grounds
Harvard Law School, J.D., 2014
Yale University, B.A., 2009, cum laude
New York, 2015
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Member
New York City Bar Association, Member
New York City Environmental Law and Leadership Institute, Graduate