The OEC Law Center is an essential advocacy tool that supports the OEC’s foundational legal and administrative actions.
For more than two decades, the OEC Law Center has leveraged the power of the law to advocate, analyze, and educate for the benefit of all Ohioans. Our expert attorneys use a range of legal strategies to achieve OEC’s mission and support our core programs. They fight for strong environmental policies, defend existing protections, and hold polluters accountable in court. Beyond these legal tactics, the Law Center supports law students, local communities and policymakers by providing specific resources and training — like our annual Ohio Public Interest Environmental Law Conference or our free legal clinics in East Palestine — to help them navigate the legal system and advocate for a safe, healthy environment.
Law Center Team

Chris Tavenor
General Counsel

Nathan Johnson
Senior Attorney, Land and Water

Karin Nordstrom
Clean Energy Attorney
Legal Support Needed?
At the Ohio Environmental Council, our team of attorneys pursues high-impact legal strategies in a variety of different venues across Ohio in order to achieve our vision of a healthy, clean Ohio. We represent the OEC in these cases, and we will periodically represent other organizations alongside representing ourselves.
Importantly, the OEC does not and cannot represent individual clients. However, we believe it is essential that all Ohioans have adequate legal representation in the fight for clean air, land, and water in our communities.