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Areas of Practice
Litigation
Environmental Law
Complex/Multi-District Litigation
Safety Law
Products Liability
Toxic Tort
Dispute Resolution/Professional Responsibility
Title
Partner
Office
Indianapolis, Indiana
Bar Admissions
Indiana
U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
Education
Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana
J.D., 1998
University of Missouri at Kansas City
Paralegal Certificate, 1992
Indiana University
B.A., 1982
Ms. Wright represents multi-national and Fortune 500 companies as well as mid-west based businesses involved in complex litigation, products liability concerns and toxic tort litigation. She focuses on CERCLA, RCRA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, EPCRA, TSCA, and OSHA matters from both a compliance and litigation perspective. She often assists clients in the environmental aspects of business transactions and compliance/enforcement proceedings.
Ms. Wright works proactively with companies handling their contract matters in addition to handling their general business needs, product/safety issues, environmental health and safety compliance matters and litigation needs. Ms. Wright serves as general counsel for a national transportation company.
Ms. Wright has handled a variety of matters including product recalls, legacy contract right disputes, Brownfields Redevelopment concerns, and a myriad of toxic exposure cases. She has represented clients in self-disclosures and compliance proceedings before Federal and State agencies. Ms. Wright has administered a Superfund trust fund and done administrative liaison work for a federal court. She has worked on cases in various state, federal and international settings and courts as well as with state and federal agencies. Ms. Wright has coordinated and effectuated the obtaining, transferring and compliance as to environmental aspects of several infrastructure transactions (from public to private sector).
Ms. Wright is often asked to negotiate complex contracts, address professional responsibility concerns and resolve disputes through consensus-building. Ms. Wright chairs the firm's Professional Standards Committee.
Published Works
The Attorney Client Privilege: the Burdened Privilege, Trends, Spring, 2006
Ethics and the Attorney Client Privilege, So Twentieth Century, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 51 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. IN. 55 4-1, 2005
The Confidences of Our Clients - What is the Current Status of the Attorney-Client Privilege?, Indiana State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Spring, 2005
Ethical Considerations and Advisory Committees, Eastern Water Resources Conference, Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, ABA, May, 2004
The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Act: Will It Help?, Indiana Manufacturers Association, April, 2002
Classes/Seminars Taught
Faculty, "The Lawyer's Role Throughout the Life of an Indiana Business; Ethics Issues for Business Attorneys", ICLEF, December 14, 2007
Adjunct Faculty, Indiana University School of Law
When and How, if ever, is it Appropriate for the Government to Insist upon Waiver of Attorney Client Privilege in Environmental Enforcement Investigations? What Comes Next?, Panelist, ABA-SEER Meeting, Keystone, CO, March 2006
Digital Dangers: The Brave New (Ethical) World of Identification, Preservation and Collection of Electronic and Other Evidence, Moderator, ABA-SEER Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, September 24, 2005
The ABA Attorney Client Privilege Special Task Force: Important Issues Facing the Environment, Energy & Resources Lawyer, Moderator, Quick Teleconference, ABA-SEER, March 30, 2005
Faculty, New Ethics Rules, ICLEF, South Bend, March 18, 2005
Ethical Obligations in Alternative Dispute Resolution: Don't guess what these are or aren't...., Moderator and Panelist, 34th Annual Conference on Environmental Law, Keystone, Colorado, March 13, 2005
Multijurisdictional Practice-Unauthorized Practice of Law...Today, Presenter, Indianapolis Bar Association, December 2, 2004
Ethics Year in Review Applied to Environment, Energy and Resources Law, Moderator, ABA-CLE, ABA-CPR, ABA-SEER, December 1, 2004
An Ethical Storm: Corporate Disclosure Obligations Bring Together Ethical Codes of Conduct, Sarbanes-Oxley and Global Warming (including a case study involving the petroleum industry), Moderator, 12th Section Fall Meeting, ABA-SEER, San Antonio, Texas, October 9, 2004
Disclosing Environmental Liabilities: What to do when EHS and Financial Reporting Issues Intersect, Panelist, 97th Annual Air and Waste Management Association Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 25, 2004
MJP and Environmental Practice, Moderator, Quick Teleconference, ABA-SEER, June 15, 2004
Who's the Client? Which Public is the Client? Disclosure and Advice to and From the Government, Moderator and Panelist, Eastern Water Law Conference, ABA-SEER, Hollywood, Florida, May 7, 2004
Professionalism Intertwined: A Comparative Evaluation, Moderator, 33rd Annual Conference on Environmental Law, ABA-SEER, Keystone, Colorado, March 14, 2004
Honors and Awards
Who's Who Legal USA: Environment 2006, 2007
2005 Public Service Recognition Award, ABA-SEER
Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Foundation
Fellow
American Bar Association - Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, 2006 - 2009
Council
American Bar Association - Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, 2004 - 2007
Education Services Group
American Bar Association - Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, 2005 - 2007
Chair - Quick Teleconference Committee
American Bar Association - Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, 2005 - 2007
Special Liaison to Environmental Ethics Committee
American Bar Association - Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, 2005 - 2007
Fall Meeting Planning Committee
American Bar Association - Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, 2005 - 2006
Strategic Planning and Strategic Response Committees
American Bar Association - Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, 2004 - 2005
Planning Committee - Eastern Water Law Conference
American Bar Association - Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, 2004 - 2005
Environmental Awards Selection Committee
American Bar Association - Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, 2004 - 2005
Chair - Ethics Committee
American Bar Association - Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, 2002 - 2004
Vice Chair - Ethics Committee
Indiana State Bar Association, 2004 - Present
Ethics Committee
Indiana State Bar Association, 2006 - 2007
Vice Chair - Ethics Committee
Indianapolis Bar Association - Environmental Section, 2005 - Present
Member, Executive Committee
Center for Professional Responsibility
Member
Indiana State Bar Association, 2008
Legal Ethics Committee Chair
Pro Bono Activities
Sponsor/Mentor, In-House Counsel Committee, American Bar Association, "Earth Force" Project
Member, ABA-SEER Katrina Special Task Force |
