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Katerina E. Milenkovski
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Phone:
(614) 458-9792

Biography

Kathy Milenkovski's legal practice focuses on energy and environmental law, with an emphasis on air quality issues. Ms. Milenkovski has nearly two decades of experience with air regulations, both at the state and federal level, and is uniquely positioned to assist manufacturing and energy clients with compliance obligations imposed by the Clean Air Act and its state law counterparts. Ms. Milenkovski is also well versed in matters involving renewable energy, in particular, renewable portfolio standard compliance obligations. In addition to counseling and advising clients, she represents clients in litigation, appearing in administrative, state and federal courts.  

Representative Experience

  • Routinely counsels and advises clients on environmental and other regulatory requirements
  • Performed environmental due diligence in transactions involving acquisition of manufacturing facilities and/or real estate
  • Performed environmental due diligence for major transaction between a major utility and a supplier of alternative fuel
  • 15 years of experience with major coal fired electric facilities, including issues arising from coal loading and unloading facilities, coal processing/crushing, conveyors, dryers, preheaters, boilers, scrubbers, baghouses, fly ash and lime handing systems, and ash ponds
  • Represented a heavily regulated bankrupt coke battery operating pursuant to US EPA consent decree and order of bankruptcy court with all aspects of environmental compliance
  • Representation of steel company before US EPA Region 5 and Ohio EPA
  • Review of permit and regulatory/statutory obligations to ensure client was aware of/meeting requirements; pre-submission review of reports and sworn compliance certifications, with an eye to minimizing any self-incrimination or admission of noncompliance
  • Submitted numerous comments to Ohio and US EPA on rulemaking packages affecting coal and steel clients, including major Title V permit program, major New Source Review rulemakings, PM2.5 and NOx SIP call rulemakings, Ohio’s air toxics rules, and others
  • Representation of automobile manufacturer, whose operations included gray iron foundries used to cast engine blocks

Professional Snapshot

Education

  • J.D. Capital University
  • B.S. Ohio State University

Experience

2007 Steptoe & Johnson
1994-2007 Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP

Memberships & Awards

Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business
The Best Lawyers in America®
Super Lawyers®
Section of Energy, Environment and Natural Resources, American Bar Association
Section of Litigation, American Bar Association
Co-Chair, Environmental Litigation Committee, Air Subcommittee, ABA Section of Litigation
Co-Chair, Content Management Committee, ABA Section of Litigation
Assistant Editor, Litigation News Magazine, ABA Section of Litigation
Lexis-Nexis Advisory Council, ABA Section of Litigation
Environmental Law Committee, Columbus Bar Association
Columbus Bar Association Community Service Award
Ohio State Bar Foundation Community Service Award - Lawyers 40 and Under
LawDragon 500
"Forty Under 40"
Leadership Columbus Graduate
Columbus Jaycees' Outstanding Young Citizen
Order of the Barristers
Order of the Curia
National Moot Court Team
Executive Articles Editor, Capital University Law Review

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