Miller Nash attorney Jessica Bernardini has joined the Oregon Energy Fund (OEF) Board of Directors. OEF is a 35-year-old nonprofit that provides energy bill assistance to low-income Oregonians in support of household stability. Since 1989, OEF has helped over 350,000 people pay their bills in times of crisis, ensuring that families in need don’t have to sacrifice food, rent, or medicine to pay for electricity. Through the direct service of energy assistance, they supply a basic need that prevents the triple traumas of illness, homelessness, and hunger, and gives children and adults alike the support they need to lead healthy and productive lives.
About Jessica Bernardini
Jessica focuses on providing clients with regulatory advice and representation in energy and environmental law matters. She works on complex, multi-party, federal, and state Superfund sites involving claims under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and its state law equivalents; assists clients with environmental permitting and compliance issues; and handles settlement negotiation or appeals of environmental penalties. Jessica's environmental law expertise is bolstered by her more than 10 years of experience as a consulting engineer to private and public entities. In this capacity, she concentrated on environmental permitting and compliance and the design of waste management and renewable energy development projects. Jessica received her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University and her master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, before earning her law degree at Lewis & Clark Law School.
