Team
Diani provides counsel on environmental, natural resources, and water law and policy matters. She is a fifth-generation shellfish farmer, and her prior experience includes work as the general counsel for her family business, Taylor Shellfish Farms. In addition to her work as Of Counsel attorney with Plauché & Carr, Diani currently serves as Taylor Shellfish Farms’ Director of Public Affairs and, as an owner, serves on the company’s leadership team. She has been engaged in the seafood sector for over a decade and has participated extensively in industrywide activities related to federal, state, and local policy and regulations.
In 2016, Diani served as the National Ocean Council Law Clerk at the White House Council on Environmental Quality where she worked on ocean and environmental law and policy matters of national significance.
Awards/Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in America: Rising Stars - Natural Resources Law, 2026
- Washington Super Lawyers Rising Stars List: Energy and Natural Resources Law, 2023-2026, Environmental Law, 2023-2024
Publications & Presentations
- "Case Studies: Infrastructure Projects and Financing,” Presenter & Panelist, Washington Water Code Seminar, Seattle, WA, December 8, 2022.
- “Restorative Aquaculture: Opportunities in the Face of Climate Change,” Guest Lecturer, ESRM 300 Principles of Sustainability, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, March 1, 2022
- “Defend Our Oceans,” Presenter & Panelist, Defend Our Future, Virtual Event, Earth Day, 2022
- “Climate and Oceans,” Presenter & Panelist, Capitol Hill Ocean Week, Washington, DC, June 2019
- “Sustainable Aquaculture,” Presenter, Volunteer Leadership Summit, The Nature Conservancy, Washington, DC, June 2019
