Throughout my legal career, I’ve helped states and municipalities hold corporations accountable for harm they have caused to people and the environment. I’m deeply familiar with the unique aspects of litigating on behalf of a government entity, and I apply that knowledge to every case.
Overview
Kyle Landis-Marinello has nearly two decades of experience in environmental and energy law, administrative law, and litigation in state and federal courts.
Kyle spent eight years working in the Environmental Protection Division of the Vermont Attorney General’s Office, where he was the 2015 recipient of the Miles Andross Award for dedicated public service that often goes unrecognized. He then became General Counsel of the Vermont Public Utility Commission for six years and also worked as in-house counsel for the Vermont Electric Power Company.
Kyle has worked on several high-profile cases involving novel legal issues of environmental, energy, administrative, and constitutional law. He helped defend the State of Vermont’s first-in-the-nation law requiring the labeling of genetically modified foods. Kyle also helped defend against a federal court challenge to a State’s ability to close an aging nuclear power plant. He has worked on numerous environmental enforcement and environmental cleanup cases, both at the trial and appellate level. Kyle has successfully argued several matters at the Vermont Supreme Court, including a precedent-setting case on what is now the prevailing standard for deference to state agencies in Vermont state courts. He was also a lead negotiator in the proceedings surrounding the sale of a nuclear power plant, where he and other State regulators prevailed in adding around $250 million in additional financial assurances for State residents and taxpayers.