ROSE QUAM-WICKHAM focuses on environmental and safety related investigations, regulatory compliance and counseling, and environmental litigation. Rose has a particular emphasis on defending clients in the energy, refining, pharmaceutical, and automotive sectors against enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), the California Air Resources Board, and other environmental and safety regulators.
Rose has advised clients on a wide variety of challenges related to civil and criminal liability under the Clean Air Act (CAA) — including Title I (stationary sources) and Title II (mobile sources) — the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). As part of her practice, Rose regularly assists chemical manufacturing and refining clients navigate CAA Risk Management Program (RMP) and U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration Process Safety Management audits. She further advises automative clients in complying with recall and safety-related obligations under motor vehicle safety laws and regulations administered by the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Rose received her J.D. from the George Washington University Law School and her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Prior to joining the firm, Rose was an associate at another national law firm where she advised clients on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and environmental matters.