Kevin Minoli (’00 JD) is a Partner at Alston & Bird in Washington D.C, leading the Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group. After graduating from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2000, Kevin spent 18 years with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), most recently serving as acting general counsel and principal deputy general counsel—the highest-ranking career attorney position in the EPA. In this role, Kevin served as legal counsel on the EPA’s programs nationwide. Kevin also worked extensively with the EPA’s regional offices and spent several years as the EPA lead on congressional oversight matters, including preparing senior agency officials for hearings and other engagements with congressional committees. Kevin’s responsibilities at the EPA extended to working with a number of other agencies, including the Department of Justice, Department of the Interior, Army Corps of Engineers, and Department of Agriculture.