Amber Rudnick

Amber Rudnick is an associate at Holland & Hart who works from Phoenix and Reno and advises energy and resource clients on environmental and project-development matters. She assists renewable energy developers, mining companies, and water purveyors with permitting, compliance, environmental due diligence, water rights, and water quality. Her work also covers regulatory filings, tax incentives and abatements, project finance, and development issues affecting energy production, storage, and transmission projects.

Rudnick earned a J.D. from the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law in 2022. She served on the Arizona Law Review board and received CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Law Practice Management & Technology and Criminal Law. She earned an M.P.A. from the University of Arizona in 2020 and a B.F.A. summa cum laude in 2018. Her multidisciplinary education supports work combining regulation, public policy, project development, and environmental analysis.

Rudnick advises clients on project development and project finance as well as renewable energy, permitting, environmental compliance, due diligence, water rights, and water quality. She works with developers, lenders, and equity investors involved in large energy transactions and helps clients prepare regulatory filings and pursue available tax incentives or abatements. During law school, she served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Jennifer G. Zipps of the US District Court for the District of Arizona, gaining additional exposure to federal judicial practice.

Amber Rudnick is admitted in Arizona and Nevada and practices in Holland & Hart’s Environmental, Federal Lands Permitting, and Water Resources groups. Her industry work includes conventional power, renewable energy and storage, energy and resources, and data centers. She has presented on Nevada land and water law and has contributed to firm publications. Her practice brings together environmental regulation, water issues, project finance, and development strategy for clients working on complex energy and infrastructure projects in the western United States.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Holland & Hart LLP
• Member, State Bar of Nevada
• Member, State Bar of Arizona

Licensed State

• Nevada
• Arizona

Education

• University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Arizona
  Master of Public Administration (MPA) in College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• University of Arizona
  Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in College of Fine Arts

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