Burlington, VT. -- November, 2010 - Paul Frank + Collins is pleased to announce that Brenda Luciano has joined the firm as an associate working with the Property + Development, Business Services, and Litigation teams. Ms. Luciano returns to her home state of Vermont after a having worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 in Atlanta, Georgia where she was an Attorney-Advisor and Assistant Regional Counsel for the Office of Environmental Accountability. While at EPA, she
worked in litigation and enforcement of federal regulations including: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Oil Pollution Act (OPA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and Underground Storage Tanks (UST).
Ms. Luciano received a B.S., /summa cum laude/, from the University of Vermont, College of Business Administration in 1997 where she concentrated in management of information systems. From 1997 - 2005, she worked for The Kodiak Group, Inc., formerly headquartered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as an information technology and supply chain project manager, business analyst, and Senior e-commerce consultant. In this position, she worked closely for several years with Hewlett-Packard, and its business units in Canada, Latin America and the U.S. Ms. Luciano received her J.D., /magna cum laude/, from Vermont Law School in 2009, where she was Head Notes Editor of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.
In addition to her business and law pursuits, Ms. Luciano also enjoyed a successful competitive figure skating career for several years. She competed at several open and qualifying competitions including winning gold medals at the Lake Placid summer open competition and at the Intercollegiate championships. She also won the silver medal at the National Synchronized Skating Championships in 2000 with her team "Esprit de Corps" out of Lexington, Massachusetts.