Adrianna Ogonowska
attorney-at-lawDr Adrianna Ogonowska advises on environmental risk and operation of large industrial facilities. She specialises in Polish and EU law of environmental protection, natural resources, and ESG. She advises on issues of liability for environmental harm, waste management, and legal aspects of the circular economy.
She has extensive experience in proceedings seeking environmental decisions for development projects and environmental impact assessment proceedings. She supports clients on regulatory aspects, court proceedings, development projects, and environmental aspects of real estate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and project finance.
She also practises international maritime law and the law of renewable energy sources, with particular attention to offshore wind energy and decarbonisation of maritime transport.
She earned a doctorate in law based on a doctoral thesis examining legal aspects of protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea against pollution.
She is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Szczecin and WSB Merito University Poznań, and the author or co-author of numerous publications on environmental law and administrative law.
Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Szczecin
Doctorate in law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Szczecin
Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Szczecin
Expert on environmental law, Wolters Kluwer publishing house
Szczecin Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law
“On the road to environmentally sustainable business” (co-author), 2024 Yearbook
“Environmental impact assessment for offshore wind farms”, 2023 Yearbook
“Siting of wind farms in Poland — today and tomorrow,” 2022 Yearbook
Monographs:
Legal protection of Baltic Sea waters against contamination by ships: Preventive aspects (Warsaw: C.H. Beck, 2020)
A. Barczak & A. Ogonowska, Resolutions of the commune council on protection of the environment and nature: Templates with commentary (Warsaw: C.H. Beck, 2019)
A. Barczak, M. Łazor & A. Ogonowska, Environmental impact assessment under Polish law, with templates and schemata of documents (Warsaw: Wolters Kluwer, 2018)
A. Barczak & A. Ogonowska, Environmental law in case studies and schemata, law in effect as at 25 July 2018 (Warsaw: Wolters Kluwer, Seria Akademicka, 2018)
Articles in scholarly journals:
“Administrative liability for contamination of marine waters by ships,” Forum Prawnicze 2020 no. 3
“Protection of marine waters of the Baltic Sea and sustainable development,” Roczniki Nauk Prawnych 2020 no. 2
“Licences to provide services for maintaining cleanliness and order in communes: Analysis and assessment of legal regulations,” Przegląd Ustawodawstwa Gospodarczego 2018 no. 2
“Legal restrictions on operations in rural Natura 2000 areas: Selected aspects,” Acta Iuris Stetinensis 2018 no. 4
A. Barczak & A. Ogonowska, “Interpretation of regulations on social participation in environmental protection: Selected issues,” Studia Prawnicze KUL 2018 no. 3
A. Barczak & A. Ogonowska, “The dynamics of environmental protection law and its interpretation: Remarks in light of the Act on Maintenance of Cleanliness and Order in Communes,” Studia Prawnicze KUL 2018 no. 2
“Act on Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment: Overview of selected changes in the system for management of electrical waste,” Acta Iuris Stetinensis 2016 no. 3
Chapters in collective monographs:
“Tasks of the regional director of environmental protection in environmental impact assessment proceedings,” in B. Jaworska-Dębska, P. Kledzik & J. Sługocki (eds.), Patterns and rules for operation of contemporary public administration (Warsaw: Wolters Kluwer Polska, 2020)
“Reducing irregularities in waste management: An overview of selected changes in the Wastes Act,” in A. Barczak & A. Ogonowska (eds.), The right of use of environmental resources in the operation of territorial government (Szczecin: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2019)
“Administrative fines for improper management of waste in light of the waste amendments,” in P. Mańczyk (ed.), Public charges in Poland and other European countries (Szczecin: Wydział Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2018)
“Protection of the marine environment as an element of maritime security,” in L. Bielecki, J. Mojak & A. Żywicka (eds.), Poland’s economic and financial security: Public-law and private-law dimensions (Lublin: Innovatio Press Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Ekonomii i Innowacji, 2018)
“Local laws establishing rules for maintenance of cleanliness and order in the commune,” in B. Dolnicki (ed.), Sources of law in territorial government (Warsaw: Wolters Kluwer, 2018)
A. Barczak & A. Ogonowska, “The proportionality principle in collection and processing of waste,” in Z. Duniewska, M. Stahl & A. Krakała (eds.), Principles in administrative law: Theory, practice, case law (Warsaw: Wolters Kluwer, 2018)
“Prohibition against taking actions that could negatively impact the aims for protection of a Natura 2000 area,” in M. Stahl, P. Korzeniowski & A. Kaźmierska-Patrzyczna (eds.), Issues at the intersection of administrative law and environmental law (Warsaw: Wolters Kluwer, 2017)
“Development of Polish legal regulations on procedures for handling medical and veterinary waste,” in M. Nawrocki & M. Rylski (eds.), Dynamics of changes in law (Warsaw: Difin, 2017)
“Pro-family tasks of the commune in the area of communal waste management,” in K. Święch-Kujawska (ed.), Implementation and financing of tasks undertaken by territorial governmental units to benefit families (Szczecin: Wydział Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2017)
“The precautionary principle and the institution of Natura 2000 areas,” in A. Barczak & A. Ogonowska (eds.), Law and policy of environmental protection in theory and practice (Szczecin: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2016)
“Ecological aspects in the Polish tax system,” in W. Bożek (ed.), The tax system in Poland: Its role and significance in management processes (Szczecin: Wydział Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2016)
“Fees for removal of trees and shrubbery as a source of income for territorial governmental units,” in A. Gozdek, M. Musiał & K. Peszko (eds.), Contemporary finance, marketing and transport issues from the perspective of young scholars (Szczecin: Uniwersytet Szczeciński, 2016)
“Thermal conversion of communal waste as a source of renewable energy,” in M. Szyrski (ed.), Production and use of energy from renewable sources (RES): Administrative law issues (Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UKSW, 2016)
“Analysis of selected financial instruments for protection of the marine environment in Polish law,” in E. Kowalewska (ed.), Contemporary issues of banking and the public finance sector, vol. 2 (Szczecin: Wydział Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2016)
“Regulatory tasks involving protection of trees and shrubbery as a manifestation of ecological justice,” in T. Bojar-Fijałkowski (ed.), Ecological justice in law and practice (Gdańsk: Fundacja Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, 2016)
Editing of collective scholarly works:
A. Barczak & A. Ogonowska (eds.), The right of use of environmental resources in the operation of territorial local government (Szczecin: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2019)
A. Barczak & A. Ogonowska (eds.), Law and policy of environmental protection in theory and practice (Szczecin: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2016)
Chapter in textbook:
A. Ogonowska, “Protection of marine waters,” in M. Górski (ed.), Environmental protection law, 4th ed. (Warsaw: Wolters Kluwer, Seria Akademicka, 2021)
