Ivonne Norman

Ivonne Norman is the Legal Network Manager at the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI). Ivonne’s work focuses on advancing wind and solar development across the nation by facilitating pro bono legal representation to supporters of clean energy and cultivating relationships with stakeholders to strengthen the collective efforts towards a just energy transition.

Prior to joining the Sabin Center, Ivonne was in private practice for 14 years. Ivonne has assisted in lecturing on environmental law and policy at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and has co-lectured the Disaster Law Seminar at St. John’s University School of Law. Ivonne's public speaking engagements involve addressing action on climate, constitutional environmental rights, and the need to increase diversity in the environmental bar.

As a bilingual (Spanish/English) attorney, Ivonne has dedicated her career to the advancement of marginalized communities, including by serving on boards of non-profit organizations and volunteering with grassroots organizations in New York City. Ivonne received her J.D. from New York Law School and she is an active member of the Environmental & Energy Law Section at New York State Bar Association and the Environmental Law Committee at the New York City Bar Association.