
Partner

Alex Votaw is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where she was Vice President of the Georgetown Environmental Law Society and a senior editor for the Georgetown Environmental Law Review. She has a background in climate adaptation and environmental justice in a local government context and she has an article published by the Georgetown Environmental Law Review about climate resilient affordable housing and gentrification. Since joining the firm in 2021, Alex has represented citizens, communities, and environmental organizations in a variety of cases including forest conservation, chemical contamination, special exception, variance, special laws/spot zoning, and easement cases, as well as lobbying efforts, throughout Maryland. Alex has secured successful outcomes for her clients before numerous judicial and administrative bodies across the State including Prince George's County, Howard County, Cecil County, Carroll County, Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel County. Alex also has significant experience in the Appellate Court of Maryland. Alex is a “Rising Star” in the area of Environmental Litigation, and is barred in both Maryland and Washington, D.C.
