Carter’s practice focuses on environmental aspects of business transactions, environmental litigation, agency rulemakings and permitting. A significant portion of Carter’s practice involves the handling of environmental aspects of complex business transactions, including due diligence and drafting and negotiation of transaction documents. She represents a broad range of clients including companies and trade associations in the electric generation, manufacturing and transportation industries, banks and other financial institutions, waste management firms and developers. Her recent work has included advising tax equity investors on environmental matters related to numerous wind and other renewable energy projects, and advising corporate clients regarding environmental aspects of business acquisitions. Carter also has experience representing clients involved in environmental commodities trading and has a background in corporate and transactional law.

Carter’s practice also includes representing clients in agency rulemakings and permitting. She has represented clients in federal appellate and district court litigation involving the Clean Air Act (CAA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other environmental statutes. She is admitted to practice in the US Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the Sixth Circuit, and the Eleventh Circuit, and the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, William & Mary Law School, Senior Articles Editor, William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, 2004

BA, University of Virginia, 1999

• Represented electric utility group in litigation in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in a successful challenge to EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. 
• Represented land owning companies in ESA litigation resulting in favorable precedent-setting appellate court decision.
• Represent international manufacturing company in CERCLA litigation involving a major industrial site.
• Represent industry clients in litigation under the CAA, ESA, CWA, CERCLA, and NEPA.
• Represent industry clients in rulemakings under the CAA.
• Draft and negotiate verified emission reduction purchase agreements (VERPAs) and renewable energy certificate (REC) purchase agreements for both buyers and sellers.

• 2017 Chambers USA Environment Law Firm of the Year
• Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers, “Rising Star,” Environmental Litigation, Washington DC Super Lawyers, 2013 and 2014. A description of the selection methodology can be found on Super Lawyers’ webpage.
• E. Randolph Williams Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service, Hunton & Williams LLP, 2010-2011

• Headwinds for offshore construction, Wind Systems
• Fixing CAIR: EPA Embarks on a New Rulemaking for Interstate Pollution, Natural Resources & Environment
• Expect Legal Challenges to New EPA Rules on Emissions, Power Magazine
• A Comprehensive Guide for Managing Complex Solar REC Activities, Solar Industry
• Expanding the Scope of ESA Section 7 Requirements, Law360
• The High Value of Preserving Private Land: Benefits to Landowners and Species, American Bar Association
• California offshore wind: What's next following the $757 million auction, Renewable Energy World