Alert 06.26.25
SCOTUS Affirms Rules for Challenging Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licenses
The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirms limits on who may challenge agency actions.
Anne Leidich is a go-to lawyer in the nuclear energy industry on nuclear regulatory issues ranging from complex export control questions and nuclear licensing advice to high-stakes federal court litigation.
A 2023 Law360 Rising Star, Anne has a degree in nuclear engineering from Purdue University and nuclear industry experience before law school. She is particularly suited to handle a wide range of matters in the nuclear power industry, with broad experience in nearly every area of nuclear law.
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Anne represents participants from all corners of the nuclear industry, including domestic generators of nuclear power, advanced reactor startups, materials licensees, and vendors of nuclear power plant components. Consistent with the evolving needs of the industry, her recent work has included representing companies in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court defending nuclear licenses and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rules.
Anne has handled complex and novel matters, including representing client Holtec International before the Supreme Court in the company’s efforts to license a first-of-a-kind interim spent-nuclear-fuel storage facility in New Mexico from the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards. She represents vendors seeking licenses for advance or small modular reactors and fuel cycle facilities; utilities in their pursuit of subsequent license renewal; utilities challenging NRC enforcement matters; companies in their mandatory hearings before the NRC to obtain licenses for new nuclear power plants; and has represented a litigant in a multibillion-dollar international arbitration.
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Education
J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2012
B.S., Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, 2007
Admissions
District of Columbia
Maryland
Courts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court