I enjoy helping clients understand and work through the regulatory and environmental permitting processes necessary to achieve their development goals. I bring a public policy background and over twenty years of legal experience to bear to help clients on complex airport development projects.
Katie van Heuven is an expert on a wide range of environmental and land use issues and specializes in airport and transportation projects. She has advised clients for over twenty years on environmental reviews for ongoing development projects, including the Chicago O’Hare Modernization Program, the Los Angeles International (LAX) Airport Terminal Modernization Project, the Baltimore Red Line project, and the development of a new, supplemental commercial service airport for Las Vegas. Katie also has extensive experience litigating airport issues, including claims arising under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), the Clean Air Act, and various federal aviation statutes. In addition, Katie provides strategic counsel to airport sponsors on regulatory compliance matters including revenue use, grant assurance compliance, obligations arising under federal aircraft-noise statutes and securing FAA approvals related to land acquisition, use, development, and disposal.
