Lawdragon Honors Mary Katherine Stukes as Leading Environmental Lawyer
Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that Head of Environmental Mary Katherine H. Stukes was named to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Environmental Lawyers – The Green 500 guide.
This is the Lawdragon’s fourth edition of the guide, which recognizes Stukes in the Environmental and Real Estate categories. According to Lawdragon, the 2025 honorees represent “the enduring talent working across this critical practice.”
In her practice, Stukes advises clients on environmental issues related to various business transactions; navigates regulatory compliance issues such as remediation, permitting, and audits; and resolves environmental litigation. She leads complex brownfield redevelopment projects including most recently high-density commercial and residential sites in the downtown cores of Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, and Wilmington, each valued between $50 million and more than $700 million. Stukes helps manufacturers, real estate developers, lenders, local governments, and others find creative solutions in real estate, financing, and corporate transactions involving environmental risk.
Under Stukes’ leadership, MVA’s Environmental team is increasingly recognized as a go-to in North Carolina. The group’s comprehensive capabilities extend across the full spectrum of environmental issues and actions.
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