| Representative Experience |
Represented clients in government investigations and proposed penalty actions asserting environmental compliance violations.
CATEGORIES: Environmental Litigation
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Represented chemical manufacturing client in OSHA investigation of employee fatality; investigation concluded with no fine or penalty to employer.
CATEGORIES: Environmental Litigation
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Environmental counsel for clients acquiring merchant electrical generating plants and ethanol facilities.
CATEGORIES: Environmental Litigation
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Acting as environmental counsel to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on matters relating to the establishment of their tribal reservation and the development of associated gaming facilities.
CATEGORIES: Real Estate/Land Use & Development, Infrastructure & Construction, Environmental Litigation
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Assisted with defense of clients named in mass tort action with over 100 fatalities, class action asserting decades-long environmental exposures, and securities and consumer class actions.
CATEGORIES: Environmental Litigation
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Managed corporate occupational safety program that accomplished greater than 20% reductions in incidents and expenditures for five consecutive years.
CATEGORIES: Environmental Litigation
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Agency Administrative and Penalty Proceedings Defended the issuance of wetlands approvals authorizing the construction of a new golf course in the western suburbs of Boston |
Agency Administrative and Penalty Proceedings Represented an operator of a South Carolina hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility in an administrative hearing over disputed enforcement actions |
Agency Administrative and Penalty Proceedings Represented the owner of two large coal-fired power plants in the first permit appeal of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s Emission Standards for Power Plants, 310 CMR 7.29. This is one of the most stringent multi-pollutant regulations in the country. After vigorously litigating the case to hearing, we crafted and successfully negotiated a solution that assured electricity reliability to the New England region, while balancing near-term environmental protections. The solution was characterized by our client as a “win-win” for all parties. |
Agency Administrative and Penalty Proceedings Acted as counsel to the City of Everett in the defense of a Chapter 91 license issued to allow construction of a major recreational facility along an underdeveloped waterway |
Agency Administrative and Penalty Proceedings Advised the owner of recycled paper mills in a variety of environmental enforcement actions involving air, water, noise, and odor issues |
Agency Administrative and Penalty Proceedings Represented a major telecommunications company in an enforcement action involving electric generation issues at dozens of locations |
Agency Administrative and Penalty Proceedings Represented the owner of the largest coal-fired power plants in Massachusetts in challenging proposed modifications to its wastewater discharge permit |
Agency Administrative and Penalty Proceedings Defended the issuance of wetlands approvals authorizing the construction of a new golf course in the western suburbs of Boston |
Agency Administrative and Penalty Proceedings Represented an operator of a power plant in New York State in an administrative appeal of a Title V operating permit |
Agency Administrative and Penalty Proceedings Advised the owner of a large landfill in a proceeding in which the host community was seeking to withdraw its “site assignment” authorizing the facilities operations. We persuaded the hearing officer, handpicked by the host community, to adopt our proposed findings almost in their entirety. The local board of health rejected its hearing officer’s findings, but we succeeded in having them reinstated by the Superior Court, and the Appeals Court affirmed. |
Commercial Facilities Advised a developer of the property now used as a corporate campus by a major West Coast-based technology company. We successfully brought the project through the MEPA process and obtained a wetlands approval and a conservation permit allowing construction of an access road, 900,000-square-feet of commercial space, an 18-hole golf course, and the potential for expansion space. We also successfully represented the developer in wetlands-related litigation brought by a nearby condominium development. |
Commercial Facilities Represented the developers of several large-scale suburban office parks. Obtained the necessary approvals under local and state wetlands bylaws, MEPA, the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act and others. |
Commercial Facilities Assisted the developer of a mixed-use facility to be constructed above a MBTA subway station in one of Boston’s inner suburbs |
Commercial Facilities Represent a major home-improvement retailer in a variety of complicated permitting issues. We represented our client in the development of its “cross dock” facility in Central Massachusetts. This unusual facility will serve as a transfer point between the client’s suppliers and its dozens of New England stores. We navigated a complicated planning board approval process and successfully brought the project through MEPA in an unusually short period. We also successfully defended the approvals in litigation. |