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Jack Mizerak

Special Counsel

Washington +1 202 662 5099

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    Jack Mizerak is special counsel in the firm’s Washington, DC office, focusing on environmental and product safety matters. He has experience with investigations, litigation, and regulatory issues under the Clean Air Act, the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Clean Water Act, CERCLA, and other environmental, consumer protection, and energy regimes. Jack has particular expertise in environmental enforcement matters, including fact development, government engagement, and adoption of compliance reforms to address underlying issues and prevent recurrence of violations. He has extensive knowledge of the automotive sector, on both emissions and safety issues, including emerging regulatory trends for both zero emission powertrains and traditional internal combustion engines.

    Areas of Expertise

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  • Representative Matters
    • Representation of a company in administrative litigation before the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on legal question of first impression under the Consumer Product Safety Act.
    • Advice to multiple clients on reporting potential safety issues to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and executing product recalls. Clients have included vehicle OEMs, original and replacement equipment part suppliers, consumer electronics manufacturers, and micromobility providers.
    • Advice to multiple clients on regulatory and permitting requirements affecting EV sales.
    • Advice to client on federal and state oversight of connected and autonomous vehicles.
    • Advice to trade group regarding EPA engagement on automotive issues.

    • Advice to client on carbon offsets on federal lands.
    • Advice to client on response to EPA information requests issued under the Clean Air Act.
    • Advice to client on strategy for resolving environmental enforcement actions, including developing mitigation and supplemental environmental projects. Clients have included automotive manufacturers, manufacturers of antimicrobial pesticides, and an alcoholic beverage production company.
    • Advice to auto manufacturer on applications for certificate of conformity, averaging, banking, and trading, AECD disclosures, defect reporting & recall, engine labeling, delegated assembly, "49 state" strategies, and other mobile source issues.
    • Representation of companies in investigations by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice, and the House Oversight Committee into potential violations of law.
    • Advice to client on legal developments surrounding Clean Water Act § 401 water quality certifications.
    • Advice to multiple clients on state hazardous material regulations and reporting requirements for batteries found in consumer products.
    • Advice to medical device and equipment manufacturing company on applicability of international hazardous waste management treaties to potential operations.
    • Advice to international medical and life sciences company on obligations stemming from the presence of mercury in its products.
    • Advice to clients on environmental dimensions of national and international corporate transactions in a variety of industries and sectors, including pharmaceutical, manufacturing, agricultural production, and energy.
    • Advice to clients on compliance with state environmental property transfer regimes, including the Connecticut Transfer Act.
    • For a major multinational energy production and petrochemical company, analysis of potential risks under FTC's Green Guides of making recyclability claims to downstream manufacturers.
    • Representation of multiple companies in site cleanup actions around the country, including actions involving natural resource damages claims.
    • Advice to manufacturing company on risks stemming from perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS).


    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • Columbia Law School, J.D., 2014
        • Columbia Law Review, Editor
    • Brown University, B.A., 2011
        • magna cum laude
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Susan L. Carney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2015 - 2016
    • Hon. Anita B. Brody, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2014 - 2015
    Pro Bono
    • Representation of local and national nonprofit groups in their challenge to President’s December 4, 2017 Proclamation reducing the size of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and related Freedom of Information Act litigation.
    • Representation of The Nature Conservancy as amicus curiae in suit challenging the State of California’s decision to link its greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program with that of Quebec.
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization: Member (2023-present)
    Previous Experience
    • Securities & Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement, Intern (2012)

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