Overview
Anna has dedicated her career to ensuring access to civil and human rights, including the right to a healthy environment and livable world. At Sher Edling, she represents states, tribes, and local governments seeking to hold corporations accountable for causing environmental harms. Her current practice includes challenging fossil fuel companies’ decades-long deception campaign about climate change, as well as representing 25 New York public water providers in related drinking water contamination cases against chemical manufacturers. She has experience in all aspects of litigation, including case strategy, client management, motions practice, discovery, oral argument, and appeals.
Before joining Sher Edling, Anna clerked for the Honorable Kiyo A. Matsumoto of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York and in the Office of the Staff Attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She received her J.D., cum laude, from NYU School of Law, where she served on the New York University Law Review, received the inaugural Jacob K. Javits Fellowship for Leadership and Public Service, and worked for the ACLU, NAACP LDF, Advancement Project, and Neufeld, Scheck & Brustin, LLP. Prior to law school, Anna researched and published on human rights and transitional justice in post-conflict settings. Her experience also includes non-profit work and community organizing in Washington D.C., Rwanda, and Arkansas.
Representative Matters
- Suffolk County Water Authority v. The Dow Chemical Co. et al., No. 17-cv-6980 (E.D.N.Y.)
- District of Columbia v. BP PLC et al., No. 2020 CA 002892 B (D.C. Super. Ct.)
- Makah Indian Tribe v. Exxon Mobil Corp. et al., No. 23-2-25216-1 SEA (King County, Wash.)
- Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe v. Exxon Mobil Corp. et al., No. 23-2-25215-2 SEA (King County, Wash.)
Education
- NYU School of Law, J.D.
- Clinton School of Public Service, M.P.S.
- Washington University in St. Louis, B.A.
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- Not admitted in California