About the Editors

• Author: LeRoy C. Paddock/Jessica A. Wentz
• Pages: 9-10

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About the Editors

LeRoy (Lee) C. Paddock is associate dean for environ-

mental law studies at the George Washington Univer-

sity Law School. He is a member of the ABA Section

on Environment, Energy and Resources Council. Prior

to coming to GW Law, he was the director of Environ-

mental Legal Studies at Pace University Law School

from 2002 to 2007. Dean Paddock has served as a

senior consultant for the National Academy of Public

Administration on severa l projects since 1999. He also

was a visiting scholar at the Environmental Law Institute between 1999 and

2002, focusing on Clean Air Act, state-federal relationship, and enforcement

issues. From 1978 until 1999, Dean Paddock was an assistant attorney gen-

eral with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Oce, where he served as direc-

tor of environmental policy for 13 years, as manager of the Oce’s Agriculture

and Natura l Resources Division and a member of its executive committee.

He has served on numerous national panels including the Aspen Institute’s

Series on Environment in the 21st Century, a nd the American National

Standard Institute’s ISO 14000 Environmental Management Systems Coun-

cil. Dean Paddock graduated from the University of Iowa Law School with

high honors and served as a law clerk to Judge Donald Lay of the U.S. Court

of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Jessica A. Wentz is a Visiting Associate Professor and

Environmental Law Fellow at the George Washington

University Law School for 2012-2014. Her primary

research interests include global climate governance,

sustainable energy development, and environmental

justice. Much of her scholarship focuses on the struc-

ture of environmental decisionmaking, and the extent

to which participation, deliberation, and decentra liza-

tion can either facilitate or hinder eorts to address

“wicked” problems such as climate change and habitat degradation. Profes-

sor Wentz received her J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2012, where she

studied environmental law, participated in clinical programs, and conducted

independent research on issues related to climate change and energy policy.

She was designated a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar for each of her three years

at Columbia, and was awarded the Alfred A. Forsyth Prize for her dedication

to t he eld of environmental law. Prior to attending law school, Professor