Elizabeth Cousins Once Again Recognized as a Law360 MVP

Elizabeth Cousins was profiled by Law360 after being selected once again as a Law360 MVP in the Construction practice area—she was previously profiled as an MVP in the Environmental practice area. She is just one of a handful of attorneys recognized nationally in the Construction category this year.

Law360 highlighted Liz's role as “lead counsel for several local government agencies in California on massive water supply and transportation infrastructure projects.” Discussing her work, the publication noted some of her biggest accomplishments during the past year include guiding “a construction project for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency that will build a facility for a zero-emissions bus fleet and expanding express lanes in Southern California's Riverside County.”

Additionally, Law360 praised her leadership on “projects that will bring new water supply to California and Arizona, two drought-prone states.” The article noted Liz “led the Nossaman team in advising the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona on development projects, supported by the state's $1 billion Long-Term Water Augmentation Fund and the team guiding the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works on the opening of a new water reclamation facility.”

Discussing the water projects, Liz said, “The water projects are special because we often think, you turn on the tap, you get water, but it's not quite as simple as that.” She added, “Water scarcity has become a real issue in the US...So getting to work on those types of projects and knowing that you're contributing to that kind of lifeblood that's essential to communities is really special.”

To close the article Liz discussed what motivated her saying, “In my position, whether it's as a mother or as a lawyer, I am a role model to so many people…I think knowing that I am being watched and knowing that people are looking to emulate the things that I do really motivates me.” She added she is energized by the “thought of how she can impart her enthusiasm for her job to the younger and older attorneys she works with” and that it is “a really important function in the legal community…that we continue to help agencies deliver these types of projects.”