Kirk Tracy is an associate attorney at Paladin Law Group. Mr. Tracy has extensive remediation experience on sites with soil and groundwater contamination. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Tracy was an Environmental Law and Policy Graduate Fellow at the Association of Clean Water Administrators in Washington, DC were he gained regulatory and policy experience. While at Tulane Law School, he was Editor in Chief of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal and was a student attorney in the Environmental Law Clinic, where he presented oral argument at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Tracy has an advanced degree in Environmental Engineering, including professional experience working with groundwater contamination associated with underground storage tanks (USTs). He also has professional experience in IT Consulting, working on large-scale projects around the United States.
Practice Areas
Environmental Litigation
Education
Tulane University Law School – J.D., Magnum Cum Laude, 2012
Editor in Chief, Tulane Environmental Law Journal, 2011-2012
University of Michigan – M.S., Environmental Engineering, 2003
University of Iowa – B.S., Civil (Environmental) Engineering, 2002
Professional and Community Involvement
American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER), Leadership Development Program Member 2013-2014
ABA, SEER, Social Media Chair
ABA, SEER, Water Resources Committee, Electronic Communications Vice-Chair
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California, 2013
United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California, 2014
Publications
California’s Reaction to the Drought: Statewide Groundwater Management, Contra Costa Lawyer (Apr. 1, 2015). To read this article, click here.
Chapter 6: Water, in International Environmental Law: The Practitioner’s Guide to the Laws of the Planet (2014).
Charles L. Franklin, Lynn Bergeson, Lawrence E. Culleen, Mark N. Duvall, Jean M. Eggen, Maureen F. Gorsen, Eric P. Gotting, Martha E. Marrapese, Joanne Thelmo, Kirk Tracy, and Jim Wedeking. “ABA SEER TSCA Preemption of Private Rights of Action Under TSCA and TSCA Legislation Briefing Paper” Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Reform White Papers (2014). To view the White Paper, click here.
Case Summary, Frapple v. Commissioners of Rising Sun, ABA Water Resources Committee (Aug. 2013).
Note, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Goldstene: Low Carbon Fuel Standards, Lifecycle Greenhouse Gases, and California’s Continued Struggle to Lead the Way, 24 Tul. Envtl. L.J. 173 (2010).
Recent Development, United States v. Donovan, 661 F.3d 174 (3d Cir. 2011), 25 Tul. Envtl. L.J. 544 (2012)