Emily Orler is a senior associate in Arnold & Porter’s Environmental practice. She assists a wide array of clients on the full lifecycle of environmental review and permitting, including litigation, compliance counseling, rulemaking, and legislative advocacy. Emily builds on her decade of federal government experience leading environmental reviews of major energy-related projects to help clients strategically navigate complex matters.

Emily has advised and defended clients in matters involving mining operations, refineries, pipelines, railroads, and electric transmission lines. She has worked on cases involving administrative record review, tort actions, and environmental enforcement defense.



Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, Emily worked for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) managing reviews of infrastructure and cleanup projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and the Endangered Species Act (ESA).