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Alisa Coe

Senior Attorney

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Julie Hauserman
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
(850) 273-2898
jhauserman@earthjustice.org

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Alisa Coe is a senior attorney for the Florida regional office of Earthjustice, located in Tallahassee, FL.

Coe received her law degree with honors in 2002 from Tulane University Law School. She also earned a Master of Studies in Environmental Law with highest honors from Vermont Law School. She began her legal practice in New Orleans, uncovering air pollution violations at oil refineries and founding a general litigation firm.

In 2004, Alisa joined the Florida office of Earthjustice as a litigator. At Earthjustice, she serves as lead counsel for the conservation groups in the two decades-old Everglades water pollution litigation. She has done extensive work on tort cases, cases to stop sewage and agricultural pollution, and coal plant challenges.

The Latest by Alisa Coe

View of a wind turbine off the coast of Block Island, Rhode Island from a boat donned with a waving U.S. flag
October 20, 2020

New Oceans Bill Offers One Plan for Two Crises

By Alisa Coe

This might seem obvious, but our planet is mostly ocean. So we can’t talk about a sustainable future and environmental justice without also talking about ocean protection.
Everglades National Park
March 3, 2017

The Everglades Under Fire

By Alisa Coe

Florida is taking advantage of the new political environment to try and weasel out of its legal commitment to clean up Everglades National Park.
Photo courtesy of Dylan Hansen
July 15, 2016

Florida’s Slimed Waters Should Prompt National Wake Up Call

By Alisa Coe

A toxic algae outbreak in Lake Okeechobee that’s fouling waterways on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts has focused the national spotlight on Florida’s water pollution nightmare. (Spanish language version available.)