Profile
Ally Lizano counsels clients across the supply chain on the laws applicable to consumer products. In particular, Ally focuses her practice on compliance, enforcement, and litigation of California’s Proposition 65. Ally defends clients in various industries including food and beverage, cosmetics and personal care, apparel, and general consumer goods in actions relating to Proposition 65 chemicals of concern such as heavy metals, phthalates, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Ally also regularly advises clients on Proposition 65 compliance and risk mitigation.
Additionally, Ally defends consumer product companies against allegations of deceptive or misleading advertising claims, including actions involving California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) and Unfair Competition Law (UCL).
Ally also has experience with environmental enforcement defense. She has experience litigating complex, multi-party Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and contaminated property cases. She represents clients dealing with enforcement matters with various state and federal agencies. This includes matters involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and its Regional Water Quality Control Boards, and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). She advises clients in environmental due diligence and compliance with environmental laws such as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Air Act (CAA) Risk Management Program, and the state counterpart laws and regulations.
主要执业方向
主要执业经验
- Assisted and represented retailers and manufacturers of consumer products (including food products) in complex and non-complex Proposition 65 litigation in various California state courts.
- Assisted representing a pharmaceutical company in breach of contract arbitration.°
- Assisted representing fireworks company in complex civil groundwater contamination damages litigation in California state court.°
- Represented current landowner in groundwater contamination litigation against former landowner in federal court in California.°
- Advised domestic and international manufacturers and retailers of consumer products (including food products) on compliance with Proposition 65.
- Counseled clients regarding the applicability of various environmental laws.°
- Assisted in counseling clients on funding options for groundwater remediation.°
- Assisted regional grocer in developing Standard Operating Procedure for Proposition 65 compliance.°
- Assisted in counseling developer regarding options for potential purchase of a contaminated site.°
- Reviewed land use covenants entered between clients and Regional Water Boards, Department of Toxic Substances Control, and municipalities to counsel clients regarding scope of permissible property uses.°
- Assisted client in obtaining a variance from a Regional Water Board land use covenant.°
- Facilitated negotiations for Proposition 65 settlements for consumer products (including food products) for various clients.°
- Researched and assisted developing regional grocer Standard Operating Procedure for transportation of hazardous waste to comply with RCRA and California Department of Toxic Substances Control regulations.°
- Counseled grocer and retailer clients on compliance with California’s Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act.°
°The above representations were handled by Ms. Lizano prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Ally was an associate at a California-based law firm
- Legal Research Assistant, Texas A&M X-Grant, 2019-2020
- Research Fellow, National Agricultural Law Center, 2018-2019
- Summer Law Clerk, U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD, 2018
荣誉和领导力
- Member, Environmental Law Institute, 2021-Present
- Emerging Leaders Initiative, 2022-Present
- Member, Sacramento County Bar Association, 2021-Present
- Member, Kappa Kappa Gamma Sacramento Valley Alumae Association, 2022-Present
- Member, Groundwater Resources Association, 2021-2023
- Member, Proposition 65 Clearinghouse, 2020-Present
- Member, Sacramento Metro EDGE, 2020-2023
- Member, Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court, 2021-2023
- Member, Texas A&M University School of Law Bar Passage Mentor, 2021
- Lifetime Member, CalAggie Alumni Association
资历
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J.D., magna cum laude, Texas A&M University School of Law
- Order of the Coif
- National Order of Scribes
- Concentrations in environmental and water law
- Executive Editor, Texas A&M Journal of Property Law
- President and Co-Founder of the Agriculture Law Society
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B.S., University of California at Davis
- Student Commencement Speaker, 2017
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