Practice Areas - Environmental Law and Litigation
- Municipal Litigation
- Brownfields Applications
- Environmental Insurance Claims
- Civil Litigation
- Civil and Criminal Appeals
- Administrative Law
- Administrative Adjudications
- Administrative Agency Practice
- Administrative Hearings and Appeals
- Administrative Litigation
- Judicial Review
- Environmental Law
- Air Pollution
- Brownfields Redevelopment
- Environmental Business Law
- Environmental Cleanup
- Environmental Compliance
- Environmental Contamination
- Environmental Cost Recovery
- Environmental Criminal Defense
- Environmental Criminal Law
- Environmental Penalties
- Groundwater Contamination
- Environmental Regulation
- Environmental Real Estate
- Environmental Permitting
- Environmental Litigation
- Environmental Liability
- Environmental Insurance Coverage
- Habitat Conservation
- Hazardous Materials and Substances
- Hazardous Materials Management
- Hazardous Materials Transportation
| - Hazardous Waste
- Hazardous Waste Liability
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Hazardous Waste Permits
- Hazardous Waste Regulation
- Oil Pollution
- Oil Spills
- Pesticide Regulation
- Pollution
- Property Remediation
- Protected Species
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- Solid Waste
- Solid Waste Disposal
- Solid Waste Management
- Superfund
- Underground Storage Tanks
- Water Pollution
- Water Quality
- Wetlands Protection
- Wetlands Regulation
- Natural Resources
- Flood Control
- Water Rights
- Zoning, Planning and Land Use
- Land Use
- Environmental Land Use
- Land Use Litigation
- Land Use Permitting
- Land Use Regulation
- Rezoning
- Subdivisions
- Zoning Law
- Zoning Variances
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 631-493-9800
Fax: 631-493-9806
http://www.li-envirolaw.com
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| University | New York University, B.A., 1968 |
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| Law School | Hofstra University School of Law, J.D., with distinction, 1975 |
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| Admitted | 1975, District of Columbia; 1976, New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Fourth and Eighth Circuits; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1979, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | Suffolk County (Director, 1993-1996; Co-Chair, Environmental Law Committee, 1987-1989, 1990-1992, 1998-2000 and 2002-2007), Nassau County and New York State Bar Associations; Long Island Association (Member, Environment and Energy Committee, 1980—); Hauppauge Industrial Association (Member, 1992— and Co-Chair, 1999—, Environment Committee; Director, 1995—). |
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| Born | New York, N.Y., May 20, 1946 |
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| Biography | Editor-in-Chief, Hofstra Law Review, 1974-1975. Author: "DEC Orders on Consent: Perils, Pitfalls and Possible Solutions," 8 Journal of the Suffolk Academy of Law 91, 1992; "Retroactive Application of the Legislature's Approval of Private Causes of Action Under the Strict Liability Provisions of the Oil Spill Act," Environmental Law Section Journal 11, February 1992; "Oil Spill Liability and Compensation in New York: Overview and Analysis of Navigation Law Article 12," 7 Journal of the Suffolk Academy of Law 1, 1991; "The District Attorney's Role in the Prosecution of Environmental Crimes," The New York Environmental Law Handbook Second Edition, 1992; "Concurrent State and Local Jurisdiction Over State-Mapped Freshwater Wetlands," Environmental Law Section Journal 18, February-May, 1991; "SARA, LUST, and Other Rarely Mentioned Matters: Will Real Estate Transactions Ever Be the Same?" 4 Hofstra Env. L. Digest 11, 1987; "The Meaning of the So-Called Inadvertence Requirement for Plain View Seizures - A Missed Opportunity to Eliminate a Wholly Unnecessary Limitation on Police Conduct," 3 Journal of the Suffolk Academy of Law 25, 1983; "Limitations on the Right to Introduce Evidence Pertaining to the Prior Sexual History of the Complaining Witness in Cases of Forcible Rape: Reflection of Reality or Denial of Due Process?" 3 Hofstra Law Review 403, 1975. Co-Author: "The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ("SARA") - The County Perspective," County Attorney News, January, 1988. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section (Appointed to U.S. Attorney General's Program for Honor Law Graduates), 1975-1977. Assistant District Attorney, 1978-1986 and Chief, Environmental Crime Unit, 1984-1986, Suffolk County, New York. Deputy Chief, General and Federal Litigation Bureau and Chief, Environmental Law Unit, Suffolk County, New York, Department of Law, 1987-1990. Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law, Touro Law School, 1987-1988, 1990-1991. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Suffolk Academy of Law, 1988-1995. Officer, Suffolk Academy of Law, 1986-1989. Attorney, 1990-1998. Member, Alexander Hamilton Inns of Court, 2009—.
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| Reported Cases | Eisenbud v. Suffolk County, 841 F.2d 42 (2d. Cir. 1988); New York v. Hickey's Carting, Inc., 380 F.Supp.2d 108 (E.D.N.Y. 2005); Jancyn Mfg. Corp. v. Suffolk County, 71 N.Y.2d 91, 518 N.E.2d 903 (1987); Henry v. Noto, 50 N.Y.2d 816, 407 N.E.2d 1329 (1980); People v. Luongo, 47 N.Y.2d 418, 391 N.E.2d 1341 (N.Y. 1979); W.J.F. Realty Corp. v. Town of Southampton, 261 A.D.2d 609, 690 N.Y.S.2d 725 (2d. Dep't. 1999); Prato v. Vigliotta, 253 A.D.2d 746, 677 N.Y.S.2d 386 (2d. Dep't 1998); Village of Nissequogue v. Suffolk County Dept. of Civil Service, 157 A.D.2d 784, 550 N.Y.S.2d 384 (2d Dep't. 1990); People v. Roth, 121 A.D.2d 576, 503 N.Y.S.2d 627 (2d Dep't. 1986). |
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| ISLN | 907632885 |
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