Jennifer J. Cave
Jennifer Cave has over 20 years of experience working as an environmental consultant and attorney across the United States. Serving as Chair of the firm's Environmental, Energy & Sustainability Service Group, she works closely with businesses to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal environmental laws and regulations. Ms. Cave advises clients on air quality, storm water, wastewater, and solid and hazardous waste permitting and compliance requirements and defends clients in administrative, civil, and criminal enforcement actions. Ms. Cave also regularly counsels equipment manufacturers on the importation and sale of mobile sources under the Clean Air Act and guides clients through transactions involving the purchase and sale of contaminated properties.
I'm Supposed to Report That? (Understanding and Preparing for Expanded Reporting under the Proposed Air Emissions Reporting Rule)
Kentucky Environmental Conference 2024, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Lexington, Ky., March 26-27, 2024
Information Overload? A Look Back at the Biggest Environmental Cases and Regulatory Actions of 2023
Kentucky Environmental Conference 2024, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Lexington, Ky., March 26-27, 2024
Stites & Harbison Names New Enviro Chair
By Emma Cueto, Law360.com, February 13, 2024
Jennifer Cave appointed to chair Stites & Harbison’s Environmental, Energy & Sustainability Service Group
by editor, The Lane Report, February 9, 2024
People on the Move: Jennifer J. Cave
by editor, Louisville Business First, February 9, 2024
Negotiated a coverage settlement on behalf of an excess insurance carrier in a matter involving claims made in connection with contaminated sediments at the Portland Harbor Superfund site.
Conducted a Clean Air Act audit and negotiated penalty amnesty with state air agency for a large, coal-fired power plant.
Obtained hardship relief from U.S. EPA for a manufacturer of non-road equipment following supply chain shortages of compliant engines resulting from the 2011 tsunami in Japan.
Evaluated state and local air permitting requirements for a nationwide product recall by a Japanese automotive manufacturer.
Prepared a combined PSD/Title V Permit Application for a proposed coal-fired power plant.
Environmental, Energy & Sustainability Service Group, Chair (2024-present)
Louisville Office Recruiting Committee, Member
Kentucky Horse Park Commission (2023-27)
Greater Louisville, Inc., Environment and Energy Committee, Chair
Greater Louisville, Inc., Public Policy Committee
Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Advisory Board (2022-present)
Louisville Regional Science and Engineering Fair, Vice President of Legal & Business Affairs (2018-21)
Kentucky Air and Waste Management Association, Board of Directors
Louisville Air Pollution Control District Multi-Pollutant Stakeholder Group
Women Environmental Leaders of Louisville (WELL), Co-Founder
Leadership Louisville, Class of 2019
magna cum laude
Seattle University School of Law
Environmental Law Society
Faculty Scholar Award Nominee
cum laude
University of Kentucky
Equestrian Team
Alpha Omicron Pi
Ms. Cave joined the firm after working as an environmental consultant specializing in due diligence investigations and hazardous waste compliance in New England and the Pacific Northwest. In the past, Ms. Cave has served on the Board of Directors of the Lexington Humane Society, the Louisville Energy Alliance, and the KMAC Museum and the Steering Committee of Leadership Lexington. In 2017, she co-founded Women Environmental Leaders of Louisville (WELL), a networking group of over 100 women working in the environmental, health and safety, and sustainability fields in Louisville. Ms. Cave is an avid horsewoman who enjoys competing in the sport of eventing. She also assists her two rescue dogs, Mason and Malcolm, with managing the family farm in Shelby County.
Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
ChambersUSA, "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities: Environment (2021-23)
Best Lawyers in America®, Environmental Law (2017-24)
Best Lawyers in America®, Louisville Area Lawyer of the Year for Environmental Law (2020)
Kentucky Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars (2013-16)
Business First of Louisville, 20 People to Know in Law (2020)
Leadership Lexington Distinguished Leader Award (2013)
The Women We Admire, Top 100 Women Leaders in Law of 2021
22nd Annual Kentucky Environmental Conference
Embassy Suites by Hilton, Lexington/UK Coldstream, 1801 Newtown Pike, Lexington, Kentucky 40511
Jennifer Cave and Ken Gish will be speakers at this year's Kentucky Chamber of Commerce 22nd Annual Kentucky Environmental Conference to be held March 26-27 in Lexington, Ky.
Jennifer Cave Appointed Chair of Stites & Harbison's Environmental, Energy & Sustainability Service Group
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that attorney Jennifer J. Cave has been appointed Chair of the firm’s Environmental, Energy & Sustainability Service Group.
Kentucky Begins Implementation and Possible Expansion of Medical Cannabis Program
Governor Andy Beshear began his second term by announcing significant progress towards the full implementation of the Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program (KMCP), Senate Bill 47. The KMCP legalized marijuana for medicinal use in the Commonwealth for qualifying patients with a qualifying medical condition. By law, the program goes into effect on January 1, 2025. Jennifer Cave takes a look at what this means in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.
Governor Beshear Appoints Jenny Cave to Kentucky Horse Park Commission
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Governor Andy Beshear has appointed Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Jennifer Cave to the Kentucky Horse Park Commission. She will serve a four-year term.
EPA Finalizes Long-Awaited PFAS Reporting Rule
Environmental attorney Jennifer Cave takes a look at the EPA's final rule for the reporting and record-keeping of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2024 Best Lawyers® Publications
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 101 of its lawyers are included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
26th Annual Kentucky Environmental Permitting and Reporting Conference
Embassy Suites by Hilton Lexington/UK Coldstream, 1801 Newtown Pike, Lexington, Ky. 40511
Environmental attorney Jennifer Cave will be a speaker at this Kentucky Chamber of Commerce event.
Chambers USA Honors 25 Stites & Harbison Attorneys for 2023
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Chambers USA selected 25 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in Kentucky and Tennessee for inclusion in their 2023 guide.