Daniel Franz is a legal fellow with the Clean Energy Program based in Washington, D.C. He works on a broad array of issues at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and electrification dockets at state public utility commissions. He received his J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School and holds a B.S. in Environmental & Ecological Engineering from Purdue University.
Emma Kaboli is a litigation assistant for the Clean Energy Program. She is based in Washington, D.C.
Gabriela Rojas-Luna is a litigation assistant for the Clean Energy Program. Gabriela is based in Washington, D.C.
Rebecca Barker is an associate attorney in the Clean Energy Program based in San Francisco. She received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and her B.A. in Applied Linguistics from Portland State University.
Devin McDougall is a senior attorney with the Clean Energy Program. He is based in Philadelphia.
Aaron Stemplewicz graduated from Temple Law School in 2011 and joined Earthjustice in May of 2019 as a senior attorney in the Clean Energy and Coal programs. His work focuses on breaking down barriers to clean energy in various federally regulated wholesale electricity markets. In his career, he has brought and argued cases before the D.C. Circuit Court of appeals, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the D.C. Federal District Court, the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board.
Nick Thorpe is based in Washington, D.C., as the Climate & Energy Program Associate. Previously, Nick was a Litigation Assistant for the Clean Energy Program, supporting the team on cases at the national and state level — at public utility commissions, and in state and federal courts — to advance clean energy deployment and transition to a 100% clean energy future.
Based out of San Francisco, Matt Vespa works to help dismantle the fossil fuel industry by rapidly decarbonizing California. Matt’s work includes successfully opposing new proposed gas plants and pipelines, exposing gas utility obstruction of climate progress, and advocating for policies to transition away from gas combustion in buildings to safer, healthy all-electric homes.
Mario Alfonso Luna (“Al Luna”) is a supervising litigation paralegal for the Clean Energy Program based in Washington D.C. Along with Nick Thorpe, Al supports the amazing Clean Team on cases at the national and state level. Al graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a degree in Political Science and Sustainable Development. In his senior year, he helped develop the Climate Change Curriculum for the New York City Urban Park Rangers Natural Classroom Program.
