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About Our Work

Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment.

 

Quick Facts

Year opened: 1972
Office moves: 4
Longest staff stay: 27 years

 

Office Information

50 California Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA  94111
415-217-2000
headquarters @earthjustice.org

President
Trip Van Noppen

Deputy Director
Bill Curtiss

Senior Vice President, Operations
Kristine Stratton
  
Vice President, Development
Melinda Carmack
  
Vice President, Litigation
Patti Goldman

Vice President, Communications
Georgia McIntosh
 
Vice President, Finance & Administration
Bruce Neighbor
 
Vice President, Human Resources
Christa Brothers
 
Strategic Adviser
Vawter "Buck" Parker


See bar admissions of our legal staff
 

Office Spotlight

Don Harris, one of Earthjustice's founders, tells the story of how it all started, in a lawsuit that opened up the legal system to environmental organizations and sparked the creation of the organization that would become Earthjustice.  Read more.

The Latest

A Thanksgiving Message
This Thanksgiving, Earthjustice would like to spend a minute to let you know how much we appreciate everything you do on behalf of the environment. We are grateful for your calls, emails and letters to our decision makers. We are grateful for your help in shining a bright light on important issues. And we are grateful for your contributions in support of our mission.
Oceans' Eleven
Earthjustice attorneys across eleven offices are using the law to protect the deep seas from the Atlantic to the Pacific and everywhere in between. Explore their work in an interactive map.
Oceans: Stormy Waters
Earthjustice’s ocean litigation is working to broaden the federal government's fragmented approach by taking a more holistic view of the ocean ecosystem, a crucial tactic in buffering the ocean against climate change impacts.
EJ90: Weekly News In 90 Seconds
EJ90 is a ninety second podcast exploring the latest news in Earthjustice litigation. Tune in every Friday to get recent updates on wildlife protection, natural resource conservation and environmental health and safety news that affects you.
Coal Industry Lobby Continues To Place Profits Over Public Health & Jobs
Ignoring harm to people as a result of dirty coal technology
How The Earth Got A Lawyer
40th Anniversary Special Feature: For more than 100 years, miners, rascals and even Mickey Mouse failed to tame one of America's wildest places. Nature defeated most of those misguided adventurers, but it took the partnership of some plucky lawyers to finally preserve the Sierra's majestic Mineral King. Their pioneering efforts laid the cornerstone of environmental law and gave birth to Earthjustice.
Mineral King: Q&A with Jim Moorman

Jim Moorman was the first executive director of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, which would later be renamed Earthjustice. His work on the Mineral King Valley case solidified the right of the public to bring lawsuits in defense of the environment.

President's Oil Spill Commission Lays the Groundwork
Better preparation and technology needed to safeguard from oil spills