Arizona environmental and water law counsel

Jeremy Lite focuses on transactional problem-solving related to environmental law and contamination, water rights, and water and wastewater infrastructure. His colleagues in the Real Estate and Business Law groups rely on his strategic legal insight to assist their lending, developer, commercial and industrial clients with various matters pertaining to these environmental issues. He also advises on renewable energy project siting and solar facility financing transactions. 

In addition, his practice involves managing environmental due diligence efforts, negotiating and drafting agreements with significant environmental, water and infrastructure components, advising clients on environmental compliance and liabilities, and addressing cultural resource concerns.

Bar Admissions

• Arizona
• Pascua Yaqui Tribe
• Tohono O'odham Nation

Education

• The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2000)
  • Arizona Law Review, symposium editor; recipient, Distinguished Editor Award
  • Lillian S. Fisher Prize in Environmental Law and Public Policy
  • E. Herbert Herlihy Memorial Award in Law
  • Order of the Coif

• University of Michigan (B.A., 1992)
  • Anthropology

• "An Overview of the Arizona Groundwater Management Act, and the Ownership, Sale and Transfer of Groundwater Rights"
• "NEPA: Directions and Developments for 2012 and Beyond"
• "Opportunities in Renewable Energy Projects in Indian Country" (Contributing Author)
• "Responding to Government Inspections: A Primer for Ethical and Efficient Decision Making"
• "The Future of Native American Reserved Water Rights"
• "Tribal Energy Resource Agreements and Other Mechanisms for Concentrating Tribal Authority"
• A Slow Road to New Infrastructure Without NEPA Reform
• Combating Misperception: Arizona Is Not Out Of Water; Construction Has Not Been Suspended
• Court Limits Indian Water Rights to Groundwater Underlying Reservation
• EPA Approves ASTM E1527-21 Phase I ESA Standard for All Appropriate Inquiry
• New Phase I Standard ASTM E1527-21 Authorized for All Appropriate Inquiries Starting February 13, 2023
• Opportunities In Renewable Energy Projects In Indian Country
• Redefining Waters of the United States…Again Still Going with the Flow
• U.S. EPA's Jurisdiction Over Wetlands Dries Up Under Landmark Supreme Court Ruling
• USEPA Announces Policy of Enforcement Discretion Related to COVID-19 Crisis
• USEPA Issues Interim COVID-19 Guidance for Environmental Cleanup Site Field Work Decisions
• When Good Customer Service is an Environmental Crime: Regulators Focus on "Hazardous Waste" from Grocery and Retail Stores
• ​New Right-of-Way Rules For Indian Country Finalized by BIA
• “The Role of States in Implementing CERCLA and Developments in Apportioning CERCLA Liability"