Sheri Jacobs

Sheri Jacobs focuses her practice on environmental law, complex environmental litigation, regulatory compliance, and environmental permitting, including matters involving alternative energy and large-scale development projects. She represents businesses, nonprofit organizations, individuals, and governmental entities before federal, state, and local agencies and in trial and appellate proceedings.

Sheri advises and litigates matters involving environmental permitting and compliance, water and air pollution, solid and hazardous waste, Brownfield redevelopment, Clean Water Act citizen suits, Superfund and RCRA remediation, and other regulatory matters. Her work includes helping clients navigate environmental requirements for energy and infrastructure projects and defending clients in government enforcement actions and environmental litigation.

Sheri and her husband, David, have two children. She enjoys traveling, hiking, snow skiing, and visiting national parks with her family.

• Advised a renewable energy developer on environmental due diligence, permitting, and compliance matters for a utility-scale solar project developed on a former mining site.
• Advises renewable energy developers on environmental due diligence, permitting, and compliance matters for utility-scale solar, battery storage, and wind projects, including two Michigan solar farms covering more than 1,000 acres and producing 300 megawatts of electricity and a portfolio of more than 20 renewable energy projects.
• Representing a renewable energy company in the development, permitting, financing, and disposition of five utility-scale solar energy projects in Ohio totaling 1,240 MW, involving complex permitting, land use, siting, title, debt financing, and tax equity financing matters
• Representing a recycling company in a Clean Water Act citizen suit.
• Successfully represented a construction company in the Court of Appeals in an alleged violation of the Tennessee Water Quality Control Act involving an alleged wetland.
• Representing a global data center provider on regulatory permitting, environmental, and government relations matters related to the development of a data center with a behind-the-meter 800-megawatt gas generation facility.
• Advising a Canadian pulp and paper company in responding to communications from an environmental advocacy organization regarding environmental studies conducted in connection with the organization’s complaints.
• Represented the shareholders of a company in its sale to a strategic buyer, complex Michigan licensing and regulatory matters, and negotiations with prior owners, completed within eight weeks of signing the letter of intent.

• Author, “Federal Agencies Ordered to Streamline Infrastructure Permits,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, April 2025 
• Speaker, “P-Fast & Furious!!! Rapid Developments in Regulations Involving Per- and Polyfuoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and a Case Study on a Proven Adsorption Technology,” Sustainability & Environmental Health & Safety Symposium, Business & Industry, March 2024