Elizabeth Carpenter

Elizabeth Carpenter is an associate in DiCello Levitt’s Chicago office, where her practice is focused on protecting human health and the environment. Combining her commitment to environmental law with her knowledge of public policy, Elizabeth provides clients with a deeper understanding of the evolving environmental issues that shape their cases.

Elizabeth is part of the DiCello Levitt team working with several states in investigating and addressing poly- and perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) contamination. DiCello Levitt’s environmental team works with state attorneys general in pursuing claims against PFAS and AFFF manufacturers and PCB manufacturers for damage that these contaminants have done to state natural resources and the environment.

Elizabeth also represents public clients in litigation seeking to hold the world’s largest fossil fuel companies accountable for decades of deception concerning climate change and the costs and other consequences that climate change is imposing on those governments.

Elizabeth is a member of the discovery committee in In re Bio-Lab Class Actions, a case in which DiCello Levitt was appointed Co-Lead Counsel on behalf of more than 90,000 residents and business owners in Conyers, Georgia, and the surrounding area who have been affected by a catastrophic chemical fire.

Prior to joining DiCello Levitt, Elizabeth was the sole judicial law clerk for the Acting Presiding Judge of Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, where she assisted on more than 200 written opinions, and served as the Motion Section Pool Clerk Coordinator. While studying at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Elizabeth worked as a research assistant to professors James Thuo Gathii and Steven Ramirez and as the head law clerk for a nationally recognized, Chicago-based plaintiffs’ law firm.

Elizabeth is dedicated to serving in volunteer positions which advance the rule of law and democracy. Elizabeth is the co-chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Environmental Law Committee, where she coordinates and teaches CLE for Chicago attorneys seeking greater expertise on emerging environmental law issues. Elizabeth also serves on the Chicago Bar Association’s Board of Managers. On the state level Elizabeth serves on the League of Women Voters of Illinois Board of Directors and in the General Assembly of the Illinois State Bar Association. Elizabeth’s pursuit of environmental advocacy and justice also led her to serve on the League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region Board of Directors as a representative of the State of Illinois.