Education
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Columbia Law School, J.D., 2003
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University of Nebraska at Lincoln, B.J., B.A., 1999
Bar Admissions
Court Admissions
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U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Awards and Honors
- Above & Beyond Pro Bono Achievement Award, Sanctuary for Families Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services (2009)
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Nancy Christensen concentrates her practice in environmental and natural resources litigation, as well as complex toxic tort matters. She represents clients in complex environmental litigation arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); and similar statutes. She has also handled matters related to contract claims and corporate successor liability.
Ms. Christensen has experience handling environmental matters related to contamination arising from wartime production at former defense contractor sites. She represented a major insurance company in a CERCLA cost recovery and contribution action in the Central District of California against the U.S. Department of Defense for cleanup costs associated with perchlorate, TCE, military ordnance and other contamination at a former ordnance and rocket manufacturing facility in California.
As a pro bono attorney, Ms. Christensen has represented a number of domestic violence victims in actions to obtain orders of protection and in matters related to custody and visitation of their children.
Ms. Christensen joined the firm after serving as the staff attorney for a nonprofit, focusing on transportation and environmental issues in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan region. While pursuing her law degree, Ms. Christensen was a teaching assistant in the Columbia Environmental Law Clinic and an articles editor for the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law.
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