Zachary Gerson
Zach works on a wide range of administrative law matters with regard to regulatory compliance. He represents clients before state and federal agencies, as well as clients in environmental litigation in state and federal courts. Zach advises clients on all aspects of state and federal environmental laws, including federal and state Clean Air Acts, Clean Water Acts, TSCA, RCRA, and federal and state Superfund laws. He also advises health care and life sciences clients on complex legal and regulatory matters. In the litigation area, Zach represents clients in disputes arising out of contaminated properties and government enforcement actions.
Zach is a member of the firm’s Energy Technology and Renewables Practice Group, and regularly provides environmental and energy regulatory advice to developers of renewable energy projects. He also advises conventional generating facilities as to permitting, licensing and compliance matters. Zach has represented energy and renewables clients before various regulatory bodies including the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Before joining Foley Hoag, Zach worked as a high school mathematics teacher in the Philadelphia Public School District as a Teach For America corps member. During law school, he was a managing editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review and an active member of the Harvard Environmental Law Society. He also worked as an intern at the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1 Office of Regional Counsel and an intern for the Conservation Law Foundation in Boston.
Bars and Court Admissions
- Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
professional / civic involvement
- Boston Bar Association, Environmental Section
- American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
publications
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The Unrealized Authority of the Fish and Wildlife Service to Protect National Wildlife Refuges from Surface Disturbance due to Private Mineral Rights, 29 STAN. ENVTL. L.J. 181 (2010)