Amorie Hummel

Member

Recent News:

33 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named 2026 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Seventeen attorneys were named Super Lawyers; 16 attorneys were named Rising Stars.

Amorie advises public and private clients in complex environmental litigation, regulatory compliance, permitting, and transactional matters nationwide. She represents utilities, real estate and data center developers, and commercial entities in various industries before environmental and energy regulators, including the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Departments of Environmental Protection and the California Air Resources Board and State Water Resources Control Board.

Drawing on her prior experience with utility and generation companies and her background in construction law, Amorie brings a practical understanding of utility operations and energy infrastructure. In addition to her litigation practice, she regularly counsels clients on emerging environmental and ESG issues, including climate disclosure requirements, environmental justice regulations, and chemical management and reporting under various state and federal regimes. Her experience with high-profile litigation matters is also an asset to companies facing public scrutiny over environmental compliance.

Amorie is an active member of Cozen O’Connor’s Women’s Initiative, the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Environmental and Energy Law Section, the Energy Association of Pennsylvania, and is a regional governor for Region IV and board member of the Hispanic National Bar Association. She is an author on environmental and energy-related topics and has been published and quoted in Pratt’s Energy Law Report and E&E News.

Amorie received her J.D., cum laude, from Temple University Beasley School of Law and clerked with the Honorable Petrese B. Tucker of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Honorable Malachy E. Mannion of the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania.

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News

33 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named 2026 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

May 22, 2026

Seventeen attorneys were named Super Lawyers; 16 attorneys were named Rising Stars.

EPA Endangerment Repeal Could Expose Industry to Legal Blowback

March 03, 2026

Amorie Hummel is quoted in E&E News’ article discussing the EPA’s recent repeal of the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding.

36 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

June 02, 2025

Selection to Super Lawyers is based on peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Cozen O’Connor Promotes 23 Attorneys to Member

March 15, 2024

“This is a group of terrific lawyers across many offices and practices areas and we look forward to following their achievements,” said Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Heller.

Cozen O’Connor Secures Victory for Climate-Change Scientist Dr. Michael Mann in Decade-Long Defamation Case; Jury Awards Over $1 Million in Punitive Damages

February 08, 2024

Dr. Michael Mann is a prominent climate scientist who sued an adjunct scholar with the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and a TV/radio personality who wrote for the National Review.

Gina Maisto Smith and Amorie Hummel Selected as 2021 Women of Distinction Honorees by the Philadelphia Business Journal

November 23, 2021

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Gina Maisto Smith, chair of the firm’s Institutional Response Group, and Amorie Hummel, an associate in the firm’s Environmental Group, have been selected as 2021 Women of Distinction honorees by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Publications

To Speak or Not to Speak: An Update on California’s Climate Disclosure Laws [Alert]

October 27, 2025

Amorie Hummel and Seth Popick discuss California's Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act and Climate-Related Financial Risk Act, which mandate disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks.

Update on California's Climate Disclosure Laws: What Companies Need to Know [Alert]

June 17, 2025

Amorie Hummel and Seth Popick discuss forthcoming regulations for California's corporate climate disclosure laws, which will require large companies doing business in California to report greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks.

Developments in Offshore Wind Part Two [White Paper]

March 25, 2021

Michael Connolly, Amorie Hummel, William Lesser, Heidi Schwartz, Josh Stein, and James Van Orden discuss tax, maritime, and environmental issues and developments affecting the offshore wind industry.

Developments in Offshore Wind: Part One [White Paper]

March 17, 2021

Michael Connolly, Amorie Hummel, William Lesser, Heidi Schwartz, Josh Stein, and James Van Orden discuss New Jersey and New York's offshore wind energy policies and what the Biden administration has already done to advance offshore wind energy development in federal waters.

New Jersey’s First in the Nation State Environmental Justice Law [Alert]

October 22, 2020

Amorie Hummel, Evan Preminger, Michael Connolly, and Greg Eisenstark discuss the New Jersey law that is the first in the nation to require mandatory permit denials under state law for new facilities and to expressly allow the imposition of conditions on renewal and expansion permits for existing facilities based on environmental justice concerns alone.

Events & Seminars

Past Events

Education

  • Temple University—James E. Beasley School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2016
  • Cedar Crest College, B.A., summa cum laude, 2008

Awards & Honors

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers "Rising Star," 2025
* This award is conferred by Super Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Selected to the Philadelphia Business Journal 2021 Women of Distinction Rising Stars list
* This award is conferred by the Philadelphia Business Journal. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

  • California
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court -- Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court -- New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court -- Central District of California
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Honorable Malachy E. Mannion, U.S. District Court -- Middle District of Pennsylvania

Hispanic National Bar Association, Regional Governor – Region IV