Leah H. Ziemba
Associate

Practice Areas

Experience

As a member of the Energy and Environment Group, Ms. Ziemba routinely works on local, state and national siting and environmental permitting of new development projects. Ms. Ziemba has addressed environmental issues for a number of new energy developments, including wind and biogas facilities, as well as an operating nuclear power plant. Her work includes environmental impact review, air, water and solid waste permitting, as well as other land use approval matters. Ms. Ziemba has experience regarding greenhouse gas emissions, carbon credits, and renewable portfolio standards for a number of states.

As a member of the firm's Agribusiness team, Ms. Ziemba has represented agribusiness clients in the negotiation of several New York SPDES-related consent orders with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Ms. Ziemba provided litigation support in a successful defense of a citizen suit against a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) under the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act and has experience with state and federal CAFO regulations and permitting issues.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Ziemba was a student legal clerk for the United States Attorney's Office of the Northern District of New York and worked for the New York Farm Bureau in Glenmont, NY, as a public-policy specialist, regulatory coordinator, and lobbyist. Ms. Ziemba and her husband own and operate a Registered Holstein dairy farm in Upstate New York and are active members of the New York Holstein Association and Holstein Association U.S.A.

Publications

• "Focusing on Food Labeling Enforcement," Law360, March 18, 2010 (Coauthor)

Admissions

Ms. Ziemba is admitted to practice in New York state, the Western District of New York and the Northern District of New York.

Education

Syracuse University, J.D., magna cum laude (Executive Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 2005–2006; Justinian Honorary Law Society; Order of the Coif)
Cornell University, B.S., magna cum laude

Affiliations

Ms. Ziemba is a member of the Monroe County Bar Association.