Profile: Lynn L Bergeson

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Biography: Environment

Lynn L Bergeson is managing director of Bergeson & Campbell PC (B&C), a Washington, DC law firm concentrating on conventional and engineered nanoscale chemical, pesticide, and other specialty chemical product regulation and approval matters, domestic and foreign chemical classification, chemical product litigation, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-regulated product approval, and associated business issues. Ms Bergeson is also president of The Acta Group LLC and The Acta Group EU Ltd, B&C's consulting affiliates, with offices in Washington, DC and Manchester, United Kingdom, respectively.

Ms Bergeson counsels clients on health, safety, science policy, and related legal and regulatory aspects of traditional domestic chemical regulatory programs under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as well as on issues pertinent to nanotechnology and other emerging transformative technologies. Ms Bergeson serves on the president's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group (PCAST nTAG). She also serves on the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Steering Committee for the Pollution Prevention through Nanotechnology Conference. Ms Bergeson served in 2004 and 2005 on the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Nanotechnology Standards Panel (NSP) Steering Committee and is now a member of the ISO Technical Committee 229 on Nanotechnologies. Ms Bergeson also serves on the board of directors of Earth Day Network and the Converging Technologies Bar Association (CTBA), and is chair of the CTBA Environmental, Health, and Safety Committee. She was chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) (2005-2006), is current chair of the SEER Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know Committee, and serves in other ABA leadership positions. Ms Bergeson is also a member of the ALI-ABA Environmental Law Advisory Panel. Ms Bergeson serves on the editorial board of the Environmental Law Institute's (ELI) The Environmental Forum, 2004-; Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, 2002-; EPA Administrative Law Reporter, 1996-; Environmental Quality Management, 2002-; Chemical Processing Magazine, 2002-; and Pollution Engineering, 1990-, among other publications. Ms Bergeson is a member of The District of Columbia Bar; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; ABA (Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources); Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia; and the Women's Council on Energy and the Environment.

Recent publications include: Nanotechnology Deskbook, ELI (2007); TSCA and Engineered Nanoscale Substances, Nanotechnology Law and Business (2007) (co-author); The Nanotechnology-Biology Interface: Exploring Models for Oversight, Center for Science, Technology & Public Policy, University of Minnesota (2006) (co-author); 'Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know: 2005 Annual Report - The Risks and Benefits of Nanoscale Materials,' in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2005, ABA (2005); Selected Challenges in Applying Toxicogenomic Data in Federal Regulatory Settings, Proceedings of Workshop on Genetics and Environmental Regulation (2005) (co-author); 'Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know: 2004 Annual Report' in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2004, ABA (2004); The RCRA Practice Manual, ABA (2004); The TSCA Basic Practice Book, ABA (2000); The FIFRA Basic Practice Book, ABA (2000); Pesticides Law Handbook, Government Institutes (1999); Avoiding Liability for Hazardous Waste: RCRA, CERCLA and Related Corporate Law Issues, Bureau of National Affairs, Corporate Practice Series (1999); Chapter 7 - Liability, Environmental Law Practice Guide, Matthew Bender (1992); and The Expanding Scope of Liability for Environmental Damage and Its Impact on Business Transactions, The Corporation Law Review (Spring 1985).

Ms Bergeson is a graduate of Michigan State University (BA, magna cum laude), and the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, where she was a member of the Law Review. She is admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia and several federal circuit courts.