Counsel, Environmental Department
Member, Environmental Practice Group
Practice Focus
Ms. Blau has degrees in environmental science and mechanical engineering as well as law. Her practice focuses on counseling and assisting clients on contaminated site remediation and brownfield redevelopment, including environmental due diligence. She has a strong interest in, and closely follows, legislative and regulatory developments related to climate change, both in New Jersey and other states and on the federal level. Ms. Blau lectures regularly on topics including climate change, brownfield redevelopment, stormwater and wetlands.
Professional Activities / Honors
· Treasurer of the Environmental Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
· Co-founder and co-chair of the NJSBA Special Committee on Renewable Energy, Cleantech and Climate Change.
· Former editor of NJSBA Environmental Section newsletter.
· Former Treasurer, Women Lawyers of Union County.
· Master in the Justice Stewart G. Pollock Environmental American Inn of Court.
Publications / Articles / Presentations
· Presenter, "The Latest Environmental and Energy Issues and Legislation," New Jersey State Bar Association Renewable Energy, Cleantech and Climate Change Committee and Environmental Law Section, April 4, 2012.
· Lecturer and Moderator at NJSBA Renewable Energy, Cleantech and Climate Change Committee programs, September 2011 and September 2010.
· Lecturer, "Combined Heat and Power," NJSBA Environmental Law Forum, June 2010.
· Program Chair and Moderator, "New Jersey 2010: The Post-Copenhagen Forecast & How New Jersey is Shaping a Greener Economy," NJICLE - co-sponsored by NJ Corporate Counsel Association, April 2010.
· Lecturer, "Copenhagen Post-Mortem: The Climate Change Climate" and "EPA GHG Rulemaking," NJICLE, April 2010.
· Lecturer, "Regulating Climate Change," NJSBA Environmental Law Forum, June 2009.
· Lecturer, "Climate Change: New Jersey & Beyond, An Overview & Update," NJSBA Environmental Law Forum, June 2008.
· Lecturer, "Massachusetts v. EPA: The Supreme Court Takes On Climate Change," NJSBA Environmental Law Forum, June 2007.
· Author, "The Vapors: New NJDEP Vapor Intrusion Guidance Requirements Include Notification by Property Owners," NJPA Real Estate Journal, December 2005.
· Author, "At 25, Is Superfund Still the Robust Gorilla it Once Was?" New Jersey Law Journal, July 2005.
Other
· Prior to joining the firm in January 2012, Ms. Blau was Counsel in the Environmental & Brownfields practice group at Farer Fersko. She began her career as an environmental lawyer in private practice before joining the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, where she represented the Department of Environmental Protection and the Board of Public Utilities. She also conducted her own law practice, The Blau Law Firm, from 2003 to 2006.