Merideth Bentley's practice focuses on environmental litigation, land use, and other environmental and energy matters.
Prior to joining Akin Gump, Ms. Bentley worked as a translator and a research assistant in the International Department at the Moscow Helsinki Group in Moscow, Russia.
Ms. Bentley received her B.A. with honors in global studies from the University of Iowa in 2002. She received her J.D. in 2005 from the University of California-Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, where she was a senior editor of the Berkeley Journal of International Law and a research assistant at the Earl Warren Legal Institute. She is a member of the District of Columbia and California (inactive) Bars.