Black and white headshot of attorney Isabel Englehart

Practice Focus

Litigation Practice, Environmental

Isabel Englehart is an attorney in our firm’s Litigation Section.

Isabel’s practice primarily focuses on environmental law. Before joining the firm, Isabel was a policy advisor in former Governor John Bel Edwards’ Office of Coastal Activities where she assisted in policy development and cross-government coordination related to coastal protection and restoration, as well as statewide climate planning and implementation, including the publication of a Louisiana Priority Climate Action Plan. Prior to joining the Governor’s Office, Isabel was a senior research fellow with the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy where she focused on issues of water governance and management including flood protection authorizations, ecosystem services crediting frameworks, and interstate compacts.

She received her law degree, cum laude, with a Certificate in Environmental Law from Tulane Law School in 2021. While at Tulane, Isabel was a Managing Editor of the Tulane Law Review and Rule XX student attorney for the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic. She received a bachelor’s degree through the Program in the Environment with a specialization in Sustainable Business and a minor in Russian Language, Literature, and Culture from the University of Michigan.

Education

  • J.D., cum laude, from Tulane Law School, 2021
    • Managing Editor of the Tulane Law Review
  • B.S. in Program in the Environment from University of Michigan, 2018

Publications / Presentations

Publications:

Presentations:

  • Moderator, Louisiana Energy Dialogues, Baton Rouge (November 2023)
  • “Building Flood Protection with Public Servitudes and Easements”, 2022 RAE Coastal & Estuarine Summit, New Orleans (December 2022)
  • Moderator, “Water and Place: Perspectives on Inter-Basin Water Transfers”, 28th Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, New Orleans (March 2022)
  • Moderator, “A View from the Bottom of the Watershed: Managing Hypoxia and Nutrient Pollution”, 28th Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, New Orleans (March 2022)
  • Moderator, “Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Mitigation and Adaptation”, 28th Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, New Orleans (March 2022)

Practice Focus

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana