Partner, San Francisco
101 California Street
Floor 41
San Francisco, CA 94111

TEL: 415.267.4104
FAX: 415.267.4198
EMAIL: agrimaldi@mckennalong.com

PROFILE

Ann maintains a diverse practice centered on chemical regulation, with a primary focus on California’s Proposition 65 and the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).  She has substantial experience defending Proposition 65 lawsuits, including through appeal, and has represented a broad range of entities in Proposition 65 litigation and counseling matters, including chemical manufacturers, consumer product manufacturers, distributors and retailers, and defense companies.

Ann has assisted numerous clients in undertaking environmental TSCA audits, developing TSCA compliance manuals, and self-disclosing potential TSCA violations pursuant to USEPA’s audit policy.  She also has assisted companies in receiving regulatory approvals under TSCA. 

Representing pesticide companies as real parties in interest, Ann also has defended challenges to the California pesticide regulatory program brought under the California Environmental Quality Act.  Ann is experienced in pesticide data rights issues and is well-versed in the California Public Records Act as it applies to the disclosure of pesticide data, and registrants’ rights under that law and others, including the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act. 

Ann is experienced in other areas of environmental law, advising clients on compliance with the federal and California Hazard Communication Standards, the California Appliance Efficiency regulations and California’s Electronic Waste Recycling Act.  She also counsels clients on the still-evolving California Green Chemistry Initiative.  Ann has prepared formal comments to environmental regulations and has testified at agency hearings.

Prior to studying law, Ann worked for several years as a research associate in the fields of molecular biology and cell biology, primarily at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.  She has published in The Journal of Cell Biology and in Current Protocols of Molecular Biology, and is co-author of The TSCA Handbook, Fourth Edition, a manual for TSCA compliance.