About the Contributors

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About the Contributors

James L. Arnone is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins

LLP, where he has practiced land use and environmental law since 1990, with

a particular focus on litigation concerning controversial real estate projects.

Mr. Arnone is also a lecturer in law at the University of Southern California’s

Gould School of Law, where he has been a member of the part-time adjunct

faculty teaching environmental law since 1997. Mr. Arnone is a frequent

lecturer and author in environmental and land use law, speaking often to

audiences of government officials, businesspeople, environmental profession-

als, and environmental and land use attorneys. He has served on the Execu-

tive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Environmental

Law Section, where he served as chair of its Land Use Committee, chair of

its Litigation and Insurance Committee, and chair of its Legislation Review

Committee. Mr. Arnone earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School (1990) and

a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles (1987).

Jane F. Barrett has over 30 years of experience working in the field of

environmental criminal law. In 2007, she joined the faculty of the University

of Maryland School of Law as an associate professor of law and director of

the Environmental Law Clinic. She is also of-counsel with Blank Rome LLP.

While in private practice, Professor Barrett chaired the White-Collar, Inter-

nal, and Government Investigations Group with Dyer Ellis & Joseph, PC and

Blank Rome LLP. In addition to litigating complex criminal and civil cases,

she also conducted corporate internal investigation and advised clients on the

implementation of corporate compliance programs. As a former federal and

state prosecutor, Professor Barrett has extensive criminal jury trial experi-

ence, including significant environmental criminal cases, and has success-

fully argued numerous appellate cases. She was an assistant United States

attorney for the District of Maryland, where she served as chief of Environ-

mental Litigation. She also served as an assistant attorney general for the

state of Maryland, where she was responsible for developing and supervising

the prosecution of criminal violations of state environmental laws. Her envi-

ronmental experience began as an attorney with EPA’s Office of Water En-

forcement.

Cynthia S. Betz is an associate at McCarter & English, LLP. Ms. Betz

concentrates on complex litigation of all kinds, including insurance coverage

for policyholders and environmental law matters. Prior to joining the firm,

Ms. Betz was a law clerk to the Honorable Stanley R. Chesler, U.S. district

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