Bio
Ian Fein has successfully litigated cases involving public lands, pesticides, energy efficiency standards, government transparency, and wildlife. He is currently leading Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) efforts to develop strategies for addressing trends in judicial doctrine that may affect environmental legal advocacy. Prior to joining NRDC, Fein worked in the Supreme Court and Appellate practice of a private law firm. He clerked for Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, Judge William Fletcher of the Ninth Circuit, and Judge Judith Rogers of the D.C. Circuit. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated first in his class and served as editor-in-chief of the California Law Review. He is based in NRDC’s San Francisco office.