Whitney A. Hodges

Whitney Hodges is Assistant General Counsel of Real Estate Services for RWE Americas. She supports the West Development Region through the pursuit of site control, acquisition of development permits, environmental regulatory compliance, and handles a wide range of general real estate- and land use-related issues in the development of wind, solar, and battery projects.

Prior to joining RWE, Ms. Hodges was a partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in the Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental practice group. At Sheppard, her practice focused on the representation of clients involved in real estate development. Specifically, she represented developers throughout the southwest on residential, commercial, industrial, renewable energy, in-fill, and mixed-use developments, as well as Native American tribes, through all phases of real estate, land use regulatory process, and environmental compliance. Ms. Hodges’ scope of services encompassed real estate due diligence investigations; negotiating real estate and development agreements; processing land use entitlements; advising local and tribal governments on environmental and natural resources law; and appearing before governmental agencies and commissions. She also provided counsel in defending project approvals from litigation and post-approval challenges from NIMBY groups, environmental organizations, and unions. Ms. Hodges earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California (USC) in American History and Communications, and her J.D. from USC Gould School of Law.