Lisa A. Kirschner

Lisa A. Kirschner is a shareholder at Parsons Behle & Latimer with offices listed in Park City and Salt Lake City. She concentrates on environmental regulatory counseling under federal environmental and public lands statutes, with a particular focus on state, local, and federal water quality laws and regulations. Her clients include industrial entities, municipalities, and interest groups dealing with permitting, compliance, enforcement, and environmental project concerns.

Lisa earned a J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law in 1990, an M.S. from the University of Arizona in 1984, and a B.A. from Williams College in 1981. Her multidisciplinary education preceded a practice focused on environmental regulation and water quality. She has written and spoken on water-related topics and has long-standing involvement in environmental and natural resources organizations.

Lisa advises clients on permits involving surface and groundwater discharge, underground injection, municipal water supply and treatment, and wetlands. She negotiates settlements for clients facing water quality enforcement actions at state and federal levels. Her representative experience includes an administrative appeal before the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board and counseling related to copper and molybdenum mining, legacy environmental impacts, water treatment, mine permitting, development, and environmental review.

Lisa A. Kirschner is admitted in Utah, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Sixth and Tenth Circuits, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. She is a Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers and has received Best Lawyers recognition since 2008 and Chambers USA recognition through 2025. Her current practice combines regulatory counseling, permitting, enforcement defense, environmental litigation, administrative appeals, mining, and water quality work.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Parsons Behle & Latimer
• Member, Utah State Bar
• Chair, Utah State Bar Association, Natural Resource and Environmental Law Sections (2005 – 2006)
• Trustee, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
• Member, American Bar Association, Editorial Board of Natural Resources & Environmental Journal
• Board Member, American Exploration and Mining Association

Licensed State

• Utah

Education

• University of Denver College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Arizona
  Master of Science (MS)
• Williams College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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