Ms. Hafner's practice before the Energy Facilities Siting Board has included an array of different energy facilities, including renewable energy projects, battery energy storage systems, natural gas pipelines, regulator stations, electric transmission lines, substations and switching stations, as well as natural gas generating and peaking facilities. She has also represented the region's first large-scale, off-shore wind power project in obtaining its state and local permits.

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Before joining the firm in 2001, Ms. Hafner worked at the Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution and interned at the Government Bureau in the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts. Prior to receiving her Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School, where she was a member of the Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, Ms. Hafner completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Government, magna cum laude, from Bowdoin College.

 

Ms. Hafner is admitted to practice before the bars of Massachusetts, the United States District Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. She is also a member of the American, Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations.