Allison In advises clients on all aspects of environmental and safety matters, with a particular focus on automotive compliance as well as chemical and product stewardship.

Allison leverages her sophisticated technical background to help clients navigate complex environmental and safety-related regulatory issues concerning:

  • Air quality
  • Chemical use and manufacturing
  • Oil and gas
  • Water pollution
  • Land use
  • Soil contamination 

She regularly represents clients in enforcement defense, internal investigations, regulatory advocacy, and compliance counseling.

Allison serves as chair of the Communications Committee for the Korean-American Bar Association of Washington, D.C. She also served as vice chair of the Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Ecosystems Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (ABA SEER), as well as vice chair of ABA SEER’s Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know Committee.

Prior to joining Latham, Allison was a senior associate at another large law firm in Washington, D.C., where she advised clients in the automotive, energy, retail commerce, and manufacturing sectors on environmental and safety matters. Before that, she was a law clerk in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics and clerked for an international law firm in Seoul, South Korea.

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia

Education

  • JD, The George Washington University Law School, 2014
    with Honors
  • SM in Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
  • MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 2006
  • BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 2004
    summa cum laude

Languages Spoken

  • English