People: Micheline Fairbank joins the Fennemore Craig Business Litigation and Natural Resources practice groups

Micheline Fairbank joins the Fennemore Craig Business Litigation and Natural Resources practice groups as an of counsel attorney.

With many years of experience handling a broad spectrum of civil matters, including extensive trial and appellate experience and a practice focused on water and natural resource law, Fairbank most recently served as a deputy administrator for the Nevada Division of Water Resources.

In this capacity, Fairbank worked with the Nevada State Engineer in administering Title 48 of the Nevada Revised Statuses in the management of water rights and the silver state’s water resources.

Fairbank also represented the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection in handling a variety of permitting and compliance matters involving hazardous waste disposal and management, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, mine reclamation, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and related state environmental laws.

Fairbank also has experience handling legislative matters and has extensive practice experience before the Nevada State District Courts, Federal District Courts in Nevada and California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Opportunity and Employment Commission, and state administrative agencies.