For Immediate Release: December 8, 2009
Contact:
Keith P. McKeever | Public Relations | Adirondack Park Agency
contact@apa.ny.gov | (518) 891-4050
RAY BROOK, NY - Adirondack Park Agency Chairman Curt Stiles and Executive Director Terry Martino announced today that Elizabeth Phillips, Esq will join the Adirondack Park Agency as a Senior Attorney in the Legal Division, effective December 16, 2009.
"The Agency is very pleased that Ms. Phillips will join our legal division," said Chairman Stiles. "Her extensive experience in land use administrative and environmental law will ensure an efficient transition into the APA and result in positive impacts for the Adirondack Park."
Executive Director Terry Martino said, "With recent and pending retirements within the legal division it was imperative that we quickly fill the Senior Attorney vacancy. Ms. Phillips' experiences, background and education exceeded our qualifications and we are extremely fortunate to welcome her aboard. This move was an important component of ongoing restructuring within the legal division in anticipation of significant turnover in the coming years."
Ms. Phillips worked for more than a decade in Anchorage, Alaska representing municipalities and Native Alaska corporations on issues involving natural resource development, land use planning and environmental law. Her work in Alaska included drafting and revising local land use ordinances as well as advising clients on administrative and business law.
"During the interview process it became clear that Ms. Phillips had a real sensitivity to the unique issues that face communities located in proximity to wilderness lands and rural landscapes," said Executive Director Martino. "We believe this will work in the best interest of all the Park's stakeholders."
Most recently Ms. Phillips was employed with the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) where she conducted civil administrative hearings involving various aspects of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. Prior to DMV, she was a staff attorney in the law firm Boies, Schiller, Flexner, LLP located in Albany, NY.
Ms. Phillips earned her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkley and her law degree from the University of California at Davis, King Hall School of Law.
She grew up in the southern tier of New York State and spends time camping and hiking in the Adirondacks.