Susan J. Kraham is the managing attorney of Earthjustice’s Northeast Regional Office. Based in New York, Susan oversees the team’s work to achieve a healthy environment for all. The Northeast Regional Office partners with communities across the region in seeking equitable allocation and protection of environmental resources; transitioning to a zero emissions economy and addressing threats to clean air and clean water.

Susan joined Earthjustice after more than a decade at Columbia Law School’s Environmental Law Clinic. She has spent her legal career representing public interest clients with a particular focus on environmental and land use law. Susan previously served as Counsel to the New Jersey Audubon Society and from 1998 until 2005, she was a Clinical Professor in the Environmental Law Clinic at Rutgers Law School, Newark.

Susan is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia University School of Law. She also holds a Master’s in Urban Planning from New York University’s Wagner School. After graduation from Law School, Susan clerked for the Honorable Justice Gary Stein of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Early in her career, she was awarded both a Skadden and Echoing Green fellowship.