Vicki Marquis is a Partner in the firm’s Natural Resource Litigation and Environmental and Energy Practice Groups. She guides clients through the entire permitting process, including drafting and reviewing applications, responding to agency and public comments, and navigating MEPA and NEPA environmental reviews. Vicki also helps clients address compliance issues and respond to agency enforcement actions. Her expertise includes water discharge permits issued pursuant to the Clean Water Act as well as hard rock and coal mine permitting.
As an environmental litigator, Vicki has a successful track record advocating for industrial and natural resource development clients in state and federal courts, as well as before the Montana Board of Environmental Review. Vicki collaborates with legislators, agencies, and industry groups on permitting and water quality issues, contributing to legislation and administrative rulemaking. Her knowledge also extends to air quality, endangered species issues, and due diligence assessments.
Compliance with the law and justice are the core principles of Vicki’s practice. She works hard to ensure she obtains favorable results for her clients while maintaining the highest standards of the law. Vicki enjoys seeing cases through from beginning to end. One of her career highlights is representation of a long-awaited new hard rock mine in Montana – from the initial permitting phase through litigation up to the Montana Supreme Court where the permit was affirmed.
Vicki began her career as a chemist, working for a special metals company sampling, analyzing, and reporting compliance with their water discharge permit. She later worked as an environmental enforcement specialist for the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and as coordinator for a local government watershed group. Her extensive knowledge in chemistry and environmental science enhances her current legal practice, enabling her to effectively navigate the complexities of environmental regulations and advocate for her clients in the mining and natural resources sectors.
Vicki is an active member of her community, volunteering through her church with Family Promise of Yellowstone Valley, a nonprofit dedicated to aiding families experiencing homelessness and helping them achieve lasting independence. In 2021, she retired from the Montana Army National Guard after more than 20 years of military service, including several years in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
In her free time, Vicki enjoys camping, spending time with her kids and grandkids, and curling up with a good book.