A Conversation with Tom Kenney: A Long Career at the EPA

Nov 4 Written by Virginia Law Weekly On Wednesday, October 28th, the Virginia Environmental Law Forum welcomed back Tom Kenney ’86, who served as a senior attorney for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). Kenney spent over three decades in the EPA’s Regional 5 Office, which covers five states and up to thirty-five Tribal Nations. Kenney noted that at its peak, Region 5 was the largest regional office within the agency. During the event, Kenney chronicled his long public service career. He remarked how the writing sample—which was about the National Environmental Policy Act—he submitted as part of his application led him to be considered an expert on the law right as he started his career at the EPA. Kenney discussed this example to highlight how fortuitously one’s career can develop. Kenney spoke about the types of law that he did while at Regional Office 5: He focused on a broad set of tasks from enforcement to regulation development.

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