Jennifer is an associate in the Environmental Section, practicing in the firm's Boston office. Her practice includes transactional and regulatory compliance as well as litigation.
On the transactional side, Jennifer advises purchasers, sellers, landlords and tenants of properties with hazardous substance and petroleum contamination, assisting them in conducting due diligence, negotiating cleanup responsibility, and in allocating environmental risk both by contract and through environmental insurance. Post-acquisition, Jennifer's work includes overseeing the remediation of such properties and allocating responsibility and costs of cleanup, while working with numerous parties, including responsible third parties and their attorneys, environmental consultants and state environmental agencies. She also counsels borrowers in connection with financing and refinancing contaminated properties, and has advised secured lenders regarding liability under both state and federal law.
Jennifer's compliance work includes advising clients on regulatory compliance with state and federal environmental laws and regulations, with an emphasis on building materials such as lead-based paint and asbestos.
On the litigation side, Jennifer's work has included matters involving state and federal cost-recovery actions and contract disputes, including participation in the defense of a potentially responsible party in a CERCLA cost recovery action brought by the federal government.
Jennifer currently serves as a member of the firm's Central Training Committee. She is also a member of New England Women in Real Estate.
Jennifer is admitted to practice in California and Massachusetts. She received her B.A. in mathematics, summa cum laude, from Boston College and her M.Sc. in mathematics from Brown University. She received her J.D. from University of Virginia Law School.
Publications
"Sackett v. EPA: Property Owners May Challenge EPA Orders," Environmental Alert, April 2, 2012
Quoted in "High Court Ruling Weakens Favored EPA Enforcement Tool," Law360 Environmental, March 21, 2012
"The Emission of Greenhouse Gases Was Not an Occurrence," Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin, March 1, 2012
Quoted in "EPA Braces For Shake-Up As High Court, Congress Take Aim," Law360 Environmental, February 7, 2012
"Henry Gifford's Lawsuit Against U.S. Green Building Council Dismissed," Mintz Levin Green Building Newsletter, January 2012
"Sackett v. EPA: United States Supreme Court Critical of EPA," Environmental Alert, January 12, 2012
"Sackett v. EPA: Does the Constitution Mandate the Ability to Challenge an EPA Order Pre-Enforcement?," Environmental Alert, January 4, 2012
"Impending Changes to Underground Storage Tank Regulations," Environmental Advisory, November 30, 2011
"EPA Revises Lead Paint Rules for Building Renovations," Environmental Advisory, October 14, 2011
"Class Action Filed against U.S. Green Building Council," Mintz Levin Green Building Newsletter, January 2011
"Massachusetts Approves Utilities' Energy Efficiency Plans," Mintz Levin Green Building Newsletter, June 2010
"EPA's New Rules for Renovation of Buildings Containing Lead Paint," Environmental Advisory, June 9, 2010
"Parent-Subsidiary Liability Issues - Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Parent Corporation Not Liable Under Massachusetts Superfund Law for Contamination Caused by Subsidiary and Holds Plaintiff Potentially Liable for Defendants' Attorneys' Fees," CPCU Agent & Broker Interest Group, February 2009
"Parent-Subsidiary Liability Issues - Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Parent Corporation Not Liable Under Massachusetts Superfund Law for Contamination Caused by Subsidiary and Holds Plaintiff Potentially Liable for Defendants' Attorneys' Fees," CPCU Consulting, Litigation, & Expert Witness Interest Group Quarterly, August 2008
"Mass. Superfund Plaintiffs May Face Double Trouble," Energy Law 360, April 11, 2008
"Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Parent Corporation Not Liable Under Massachusetts Superfund Law for Contamination Caused by Subsidiary," Environmental Advisory, March 25, 2008
"Supreme Court Preserves a Potentially Responsible Party's Right to Recover Cleanup Costs Under Federal Superfund Law," Environmental Advisory, June 15, 2007
Speaking Engagements
Panelist, Boston Bar Association seminar, "Identifying and Managing Environmental Risk in Real Estate and Corporate Transactions," December 15, 2011
Panelist, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education seminar, "Transferring & Documenting Environmental Risk for Conveyancing, Lending, Leasing & Corporate Lawyers," February 14, 2011
Industries
Energy & Clean Technology
Environmental