Marissa Grenon Gutierrez

Marissa joined Anderson & Kreiger in 2022 after graduating from Northeastern University School of Law and Yale School of the Environment. During law school, she was a member of the Northeastern Environmental Law Society and Associate editor of the Northeastern University Law Review, and during her time at Yale she focused on biological oceanography, wetlands, and coastal ecosystem restoration. She recently interned for the U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division where she worked on Clean Water Act enforcement matters, and Boston Harbor Now, where she worked on climate resilience strategies for East Boston’s industrial waterfront. Marissa has also served as a law clerk for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 1 Office of Regional Counsel. Prior to law school, Marissa worked as a research assistant at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on a team studying disparities in pregnancy exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in personal care products.

• Environmental

Education

Northeastern University School of Law, J.D., 2022

Yale School of the Environment, Master of Environmental Management,  2022

Harvard University, B.A., 2014, magna cum laude

Admissions

Massachusetts

Languages

Spanish

Marissa was named a Public Interest Law Scholar by Northeastern University School of Law and chosen as a Berkley Conservation Scholar by Yale School of the Environment.

Editorial Board member for Natural Resources & Environment

Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Partnership Management Committee

American Bar Association SEER Oceans & Coasts Committee Programs Co-Chair

Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF)

Society of Wetland Scientists

• On behalf of Cambridge Bicycle Safety, filed amicus brief cited favorably by court during dispute over Cambridge’s installation of bike lanes.

Publications

• Knotweed Case Breaks New Ground, THE PUNCH LIST, November 1, 2023
• A Supreme Split over Breakfast: What National Pork Producers Could Mean as Massachusetts Law Moves Toward Implementation, PUBLIC LAW, August 9, 2023
• FAA Issues Plan for Transition to Fluorine-Free Firefighting Foam, ENVIRONMENTAL & LAND USE, May 16, 2023
• Marissa C. Grenon Gutierrez, Choppy Seas: Will Offshore Wind Course-Correct in 2024?, ABA SEER Oceans & Coasts Committee, https://www.americanbar.org/groups/environment_energy_resources/publications/mr/choppy-seas-will-offshore-wind-course-correct-in-2024/ (Dec. 18, 2023).
• Marissa C. Grenon, Fishing with a Porpoise: Economic Incentives and Human Dimensions of Conservation Must Align with Regulatory Efforts to Save the Vaquita, Northeastern U.L. Rev., Vol. 15(1). (2023)
• Marissa C. Grenon, An Ocean Planet: A tale of two sunscreen chemicals that illustrates the need for a paradigm shift in U.S. law to protect ocean ecosystem integrity, Environs: Envtl. L. & Pol’y J., Vol. 46(1). (2022)
• Marissa C. Grenon, Saving the ‘panda of the sea’: Aligning economic incentives with regulations to save the critically endangered vaquita, Yale Env. Rev., Autumn. 2022.
• Marissa C. Grenon, The Future of Antiquities: Challenges on the Horizon for National Monuments, TRENDS (May/June 2022).
• ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) 2021 Year in Review, Chapter N. Marine Resources, Part V. Offshore Wind Energy.
• Marissa C. Grenon, Drowned Out Part 2: How Can We Better Protect Marine Mammals from Vessel Noise?, ABA SEER Marine Resources Committee, https://www.americanbar.org/groups/environment_energy_resources/publications/mr/20220218-drowned-out-part-2/ (Feb. 18, 2022).
• Marissa C. Grenon, Drowned Out Part 1: Vessel Noise and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, ABA SEER Marine Resources Committee, https://www.americanbar.org/groups/environment_energy_resources/publications/mr/20220131-drowned-out-part-1/ (Jan. 31, 2022).
• Marissa C. Grenon, Are Marine National Monuments in Danger? Examining Chief Justice Roberts’s Statement Denying Certiorari for Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association, ABA SEER Marine Resources Committee, https://www.americanbar.org/groups/environment_energy_resources/publications/mr/20210812-are-marine-national-monuments-in-danger/ (Aug. 12, 2021).
• Emma V. Preston, Marissa Chan, Katerina Nozhenko, Andrea Bellavia, Marissa C. Grenon, David E. Cantonwine, Thomas F. McElrath & Tamarra James-Todd, Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic differences in use of endocrine-disrupting chemical associated personal care product categories among pregnant women, 198 Environ. Res. (May 3, 2021).
• Marissa C. Grenon, Changes in Ocean Currents and Temperatures Leave Cold-Stunned Turtles Stranded on Cape Cod, https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/news-events/changes-in-northwestern-atlantic-circulation-temperature-leave-cold-stunned-turtles-stranded-on-cape-cod/ Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (April 12, 2020).
• Marissa C. Grenon, Andrea Bellavia, David Cantonwine, Ellen Seely, Thomas McElrath, and Tamarra James-Todd, Racial/Ethnic Variations in Personal and Home Product Use in Pregnant Women, Abstract Presented at International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Annual Meeting (June 2018).

Speaking Engagements

• Guest Lecturer, Yale School of the Environment Water Management Course, The Massachusetts Water Management Act, Oct. 26, 2023.
• Speaker, ABA Marine Resources Committee Coffee & Conversations, Shifting the Paradigm on Sunscreen Chemicals to Protect the Ocean, June 22, 2023.
• Speaker and Panelist, National Grid, Can We Say Gay Now, Please? Legislative Landscape of anti-LGBTQIA+ Laws, June 22, 2023.
• Speaker, ABA Marine Resources Committee Coffee & Conversations, Fishing with a Porpoise: Economic Incentives and Human Dimensions of Conservation Must Align with Regulatory Efforts to Save the Vaquita, March 30, 2023.
• Speaker, ABA Marine Resources Committee Coffee & Conversations, Drowned Out: How Vessel Noise Regulation Can Protect Marine Mammals, May 2, 2022.
• Guest Lecturer, Yale School of the Environment Water Management Course, Water Allocation: Testing the Boundaries of Modern State Water Law, Nov. 4, 2021.