Areas of Practice:

Environmental
Energy
Litigation
Telecommunications
Land Use

Education:

Boston College Law School, 1992 J.D.
cum laude
Editor-in-Chief, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review

Boston University, 1987 M.A.

Yale University, 1983, B.A.
magna cum laude

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts

Elizabeth F. Mason

Email: emason@andersonkreiger.com
Phone: 617-621-6534
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Betsy Mason, Counsel

Betsy Mason has over 17 years of experience as an environmental and energy attorney in both the private and public sectors. Her experience includes:

• Representing traditional and alternative energy companies in the permitting, construction and operation of energy facilities, and in litigation concerning federal and state environmental laws (including Clean Water Act and climate change requirements).
• Assisting clients buying, remediating and selling “brownfield” properties, from gas stations to complex contaminated sites such as military bases and nuclear power plants.
• Representing clients in federal and state Superfund litigation, mediation and negotiations.
• Representing insurers and insureds in coverage disputes with respect to environmental and other long-tail exposures, and negotiating environmental liability policies for clients redeveloping contaminated properties.
• Representing national wireless communications carriers in zoning and other permitting proceedings to site, construct and operate telecommunications facilities;
• Serving as a Senior Assistant Regional Counsel in EPA’s New England office.
• Serving as an External Advisor to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Interagency Nanotechnology Committee, and on the Advisory Board for Nanotechnology Law and Business.
• Authoring numerous articles and publications and speaking at numerous conferences on environmental and energy issues.
• Serving as Law Clerk to Chief Justice Joseph P. Warner and the Honorable Benjamin Kaplan in the 1992-1993 term of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Prior to rejoining Anderson & Kreiger LLP, Betsy was a senior associate at Goodwin Procter LLP. Before that, she was a Senior Assistant Regional Counsel at EPA Region 1 in Boston. Betsy started as an associate at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC.