Elizabeth Applegate Dieck Bolsters Parker Poe’s Environmental and Energy Services

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Applegate Dieck has joined the firm’s Charleston office. She is a former chief regulator in South Carolina who helps clients navigate the complex web of environmental permitting and compliance.

Utilities, industrial companies, real estate developers, and land owners turn to Dieck for counsel on the full range of environmental issues, including obtaining permits and avoiding or resolving disputes with government agencies.

Dieck is the former director of environmental affairs for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). In that role, she was responsible for all permitting, compliance, and enforcement for the state’s environmental programs. She has also served as chief counsel for DHEC’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, where she advised staff on permitting and enforcement issues along South Carolina’s coast.

Dieck is also passionate about community service. She serves on the board of trustees for the Historic Charleston Foundation. Additionally, she is a member of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s Environmental Technical Committee and a graduate of Leadership Charleston.

Dieck joins Parker Poe from Moore & Van Allen.