EPA’s Clean Air Act Regulations: Good Public Policy or Government Overreach?

The Madison Lawyers Chapter

Speakers:

• Professor Jonathan Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
• Professor Stephnie Tai, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School
• Ellen Nowak, Esq. (Moderator), Commissioner, Wisconsin Public Service Commission

Speakers:

• Professor Jonathan Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
• Professor Stephnie Tai, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School
• Ellen Nowack, Esq. (Moderator), Commissioner, Wisconsin Public Service Commission

Jonathan H. Adler is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Business Law & Regulation at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he teaches courses in environmental, administrative, and constitutional law. Professor Adler is the author or editor of four books on environmental policy and over a dozen book chapters. His articles have appeared in publications ranging from the Harvard Environmental Law Review and Supreme Court Economic Review to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Professor Adler is a contributing editor to National Review Online and a regular contributor to the popular legal blog, "The Volokh Conspiracy." A 2007 study identified Professor Adler as the most cited legal academic in environmental law under age 40, and his recent article, "Money or Nothing: The Adverse Environmental Consequences of Uncompensated Law Use Controls," published in the Boston College Law Review, was selected as one of the ten best articles in land use and environmental law in 2008. Prof. Stephanie Tai

Stephanie Tai focuses her scholarly research on the interactions between environmental and health sciences and administrative law. She has written on the consideration of scientific studies and environmental justice concerns by administrative agencies, and is currently studying the role of scientific dialogues before the judicial system. She was an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown from 2002-2005 and a visiting professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law during the 2005-06 academic year. Her teaching interests include administrative law, environmental law, property, environmental justice, risk regulation, and comparative Asian environmental law. Raised in the South by two chemists, she decided to combine her chemistry background with a legal education to improve the use of science in environmental protection. At Georgetown, she was the Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review and was a member of the Georgetown Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Team.

Ellen Nowak was appointed to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in July 2011 by Governor Scott Walker. Prior to her appointment, she was the chief of staff to Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas. From 2002-2006 she was the legal counsel and then chief of staff to the Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly. She also worked as the deputy director of School Choice Wisconsin. From 1998-2002, Ellen practiced business litigation at Mallery & Zimmerman, SC in Milwaukee. Ellen has a law degree from Marquette University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.

Cost: $15 (includes lunch). CLE pending.

Please RSVP by Monday, February 20th to: Andrew Cook – [email protected] or (608) 219-4632.