Nicole is an associate in the environment and natural resources practice, with a focus on regulatory counseling on climate, sustainability and environmental protection law and policies. She represents and advises clients in environmental litigation and enforcement actions.

Nicole holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she served as article selection editor for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. During law school, she was a member of the Black Law Students Association, co-designer of the Youth Advocacy and Policy Fellows Program,  co-founder of The Bell Collective for Critical Race Theory organization and a teaching fellow for Art of Social Change. She also conducted copyright research as a research assistant and served as a director of all student organizations on campus.

Prior to law school, Nicole served as a manager of recruitment for Teach for America at the University of Alabama and taught in Huntsville City Schools.

Nicole was a Strauss Diversity & Inclusion Scholar in Akin’s 2021 summer associate class.