Carolyn L. McIntosh
President

Experience

Carolyn McIntosh counsels clients on complex environmental compliance and environmental and natural resources litigation.  Her duties for the Environmental Risk Strategies Institute include maintaining the environmental law portions of the environmentalriskmanager.com website, which includes posting for subscribers important developments in the field.

Ms. McIntosh has extensive experience handling compliance and permitting matters, including air permitting for waste management companies, Clean Water Act permitting issues for the Department of Energy's Hanford installation, training and remediation strategies at other DOE complex facilities including Rocky Flats and OakRidge, and hazardous waste and solid waste permitting for local governments and the waste management industry. Ms. McIntosh has represented the City and County of Denver, and the States of Colorado and Montana in major Superfund litigation and environmental compliance matters, including Lowry Landfill, the Denver Radium Sites and Uravan. She also regularly provides environmental due diligence counseling.

Previously, Ms. McIntosh served as an assistant attorney general for the State of Colorado for Superfund and hazardous waste management and as a special assistant attorney general to the State of Montana, implementing its Superfund program. Ms. McIntosh has litigated cases involving the applicability of state hazardous waste management laws to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, air quality regulatory requirements in Colorado, remediation at radioactive mill processing facilities, zoning land use, and the National Environmental Policy Act.

Ms. McIntosh has also served on a number of local government boards and commissions, including 12 years on the Lafayette City Council, the last four years of which she served as the Mayor of Lafayette. Ms. McIntosh served for three years on the Boulder County Long Range Planning Commission, and for four years she participated in the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District. Additionally, for 10 years Ms. McIntosh served on the Denver Regional Council of Governments Board, and served for four years on the Metro Mayor’s Council. She was also a founding member of the Northwest Parkway Public Highway Authority. Ms. McIntosh continues to work with Colorado local governments on planning, transportation, and appropriations issues.

Practice Areas

Environmental Compliance Counseling

Energy

Environmental Litigation

Education

University of Colorado School of Law, J.D., 1981

Middlebury College, B.A., cum laude, 1978

Bar Admissions

Colorado

Court Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Professional Affiliations

Member, Colorado Water Conservation Board (2002–2004)

Former managing partner, Denver Office, Patton Boggs LLP (1993- 2002)

Member, The Alliance of Professional Women

Former adjunct professor, Environmental Law and Permitting, Environmental Policy and Management Program, University of Denver

Former associate adjunct professor, Environmental Law and Permitting, Environmental Policy and Management Program, Environmental Sciences Department, Colorado School of Mines

Co-founder, Board of Governors member, instructor, and ERM designation recipient, Environmental Risk Management Program, Texas State University

Honors and Awards

Finalist, 2006 Outstanding Women in Business (Professional Division), Denver Business Journal

Recognized, Colorado Super Lawyers, 2006 (inaugural list)