Areas of Concentration

Environmental Law

Regulatory and transactional matters
Negotiating purchase agreements
Due diligence investigations
Negotiating “Brownfields” agreements
Advising financial institutions about lender liability risks under environmental laws
Negotiating permit terms and conditions with regulatory agencies
Environmental compliance counseling

Litigation and Information Governance & eDiscovery

Planning and implementation of e-discovery management projects
Developing best-practices protocols for collection, processing, filtering, review and production of paper and electronic documents, including quality control procedures
Managing client IS e-discovery collection teams
Managing teams of lawyers, IS personnel, consultants and service providers in e-data management and database design projects
Training document reviewers and fact teams in use of Structured Query Language database search and reporting methods
Hiring and supervising law firm litigation technology support personnel, outside vendors and consultants

Professional Activities

Chairman, Committee on International Environmental Law of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1997 – 2000)
Environmental Committee of the United States Council for International Business (US affiliate of the International Chamber of Commerce, US affiliate of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD])
Administrative Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1989 – 1992)
Environmental Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1986 – 1989)
Committee on Aeronautics of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (2001 – 2004)

“E-Discovery in the Months Ahead (e-discovery trends in 2009)," Law360 (co-authored with Seth D. Rothman) (April 6, 2009)
Presentation on discovery limitations in international litigation, 2008 American Conference Institute (ACI) Life Sciences Counsel Guide on Document Management, E-discovery and Litigation Readiness, New York)
Presentations on e-discovery amendments to federal rules of civil procedure at seminars sponsored by Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP (October 2006)
Lloyd’s Environmental Law International (1992 – 1993) (Lloyd’s of London Press): monthly contributor of articles addressing corporate and environmental law
“Exemptions from CERCLA Liability for Releases of Asbestos,” 23 Environment Reporter (Bureau of National Affairs) (co-authored with Steven A. Weisfeld and Kenneth Dreifach) (July 31, 1992)
“Toxic Chemicals and Health Risk Assessments in Regulation and Litigation,” The Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (co-authored with Mary Lyndon) (May 1989)
Note, “Income Tax Treatment of Shifts in Partnership Profit and Loss Interests,” Duke Law Journal (1984) 805

Atlantic Richfield Company: $600 million acquisition of isocyanates business, including a chemical manufacturing plant, from Olin Corp.
Chrysler Capital Corp.: Sale of beneficial interest in a trust owning an oxygen-generating plant to GATX Capital Corp. and sale of assets of Chrysler Rail Transportation Corp. to General Electric Capital Corp.
Takasago International Corp.: Acquisition of real property and assets of a chemical-manufacturing plant from Monsanto Corp.
Mitsui & Co. Ltd.: Acquisition of 25 percent interest in the aluminum smelter business of Alumax Inc.
Knight-Ridder Inc.: Sale of stock of in Journal of Commerce Inc. to the Economist Newspaper Group Inc.
Mirage Resorts Ltd.: $100 million credit facility with Long Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd. and Societé General
SNF SA: Acquisition of assets of a water-treatment chemicals business of Rhone Poulenc Specialty Chemicals Co.
Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company: Sale of assets to American Water Works Co.

Environmental Technology Group: Negotiation with the US Environmental Protection Agency over applicability of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit requirements for new recycling technology, and conditions for exemption from requirements
Polypure Inc.: Negotiation of consent order and monetary penalties with a state environmental agency
Chrysler Realty Corp.: Negotiation of a voluntary investigation and cleanup agreement with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation

Rhone Poulenc Inc.: Advice on deliberations within the OECD regarding regulation of spent and recyclable materials, including research on international treaties and current laws of US and European countries