Alyssa Moir

Practice Areas

Alyssa Moir is a partner with the firm, where she advises clients on a broad range of environmental, regulatory, and infrastructure matters. Her practice focuses on water rights, air quality, and hazardous waste compliance, with particular experience serving agricultural, timber, municipal, and energy sector clients.

Alyssa counsels clients on the acquisition, evaluation, and long term management of water rights, including regional wholesale water agreements, water and wastewater agreements for data centers, assessments of water rights portfolios, development of water banks and participation in water rights adjudications. She also provides strategic permitting and due diligence support for complex infrastructure projects across industries such as renewable and conventional energy, agricultural production, and data center development.

She has represented businesses of all sizes—local enterprises, national companies, multinational corporations, municipalities, ports, and public library systems—in contract and regulatory negotiations, administrative proceedings, and state court litigation. Alyssa has deep experience working within the frameworks of state water codes and key environmental laws, including the Washington and federal Clean Air Act (CAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA).

Professional Memberships

Volunteer Youth Soccer Coach, West Seattle Soccer Club and Highline Select, 2021-present

Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition Board Member, 2020-present

RAVE Foundation Board Member, Seattle Sounders, 2017-present

Northwest Maritime Center Board Member, 2020-2025

Leadership Tomorrow Class of 2017

YMCA of Greater Seattle Camping Services Board of Mangers Member, 2008-2015

King County Legal Services Clinic Volunteer, 2008-2009

Publications

“Carbon Dioxide Shortage in the United Kingdom,” Pratt’s Energy Law Report, May 2022

“Greenhouse Gas Regulation in Washington: What the Clean Power Plan and Washington Clean Air Rule Mean for the State,” Environmental & Land Use Law Newsletter, Washington State Bar Association, Vol. 41, No. 3, November 2015

Author, “Tribal Transmission: Moving Renewable Energy from the Reservation to the Grid,” Native American Resources Committee Newsletter, Vol. 7, No. 2 (May 2010)

Co-author, “Washington State Releases Draft GHG Reporting Rules That Are More Stringent Than New Federal Rule,” LexisNexis Environmental Law & Climate Change Center (January 18, 2010)

Author, “Federal Agencies Issue MOU to Speed Siting of Electric Transmission Lines on Federal Land; Congress Still Debating Siting Legislation,” The Environmental Counselor, Issue No. 256 (December 2009)

Author, “Tangled Up in Blue – Ninth Circuit Resurrects Roadless Rule,” The Environmental Counselor, Issue No. 253 (September 2009)

Author, “Sparks Fly as Agencies, Courts, States, and Congress Battle Over Who Is in Charge of Transmission Lines,” The Environmental Counselor, Issue No. 251 (July 2009)

Author, “Federal Renewable Electricity Standard Takes Shape,” LexisNexis Environmental Law & Climate Change Center (June 26, 2009)

Author, “Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tracking Now Required for Covered Washington State Businesses,” King County Bar Bulletin, Vol. 27, Issue 7 (March 2009)

Author, “By Taking Action on Fuel Economy Standards, President Orders Automakers to Produce More Fuel Efficient Cars,” The Environmental Counselor, Issue No. 247 (March 2009)

Author, “Renewable Portfolio Standards Drive Market for Alternative Energy,” LexisNexis Environmental Law & Climate Change Center (January 5, 2009)

Author, “Battle of the Bilge: EPA Issues Draft NPDES Permits for Incidental Discharges from Boats,” The Environmental Counselor, Issue No. 241 (September 2008)

Forsaking the Forest for the Trees: Forestry Law in Papua New Guinea Inhibits Indigenous Customary Ownership, 14.2 Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal 545 (2005).

Education