Wendy Kerner

Attorney

After being an educator for 20 years, Wendy Kerner was catapulted into law. She was compelled by her concerns regarding corporations that have been profiting while adversely impacting soil, air, water, and public health, particularly the health of children and marginalized communities. She has a certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law and is passionate about using legal pathways to hold polluting industries responsible for these harms.

As the lead environmental attorney at 1-800-Law-Firm, she has helped develop causes of action that are challenging pesticide companies, industrial fishing, trichloroethylene contamination in an historically black community, and ethylene oxide contamination in low-income Puerto Rican communities. 

Additionally, she is co-counsel for a landmark Clean Water Act case in the Tenth Circuit. She represents plaintiffs who filed suit against a mine that was allegedly discharging contaminants into the South Platte River. In 2022, Making Environmental Wrongs Environmental Rights: A Constitutional Approach, was published in the Stanford Environmental Law Journal.  Kerner is licensed to practice law in Colorado.