Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP

13 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Environmental Law
*Named the "Lawyer of the Year" in this practice area in the 2026 edition in Philadelphia.

Biography

Partner Robb Fox has a diverse practice involving compliance counseling, litigation and transactional work for clients in the waste, chemical manufacturing and development industries and on behalf of cities and municipalities. He is known nationally for his work under the federal Superfund law including handling many high profile Superfund matters such as the Keystone Landfill matter, featured on 60 Minutes, and the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek sites. He regularly litigates Superfund issues of first impression at the trial and appellate levels in multiple jurisdictions.

Robb’s litigation experience extends to superfund cost recovery, class action and toxic tort defense, trials and appeals before federal and state courts and administrative tribunals. He also represents local, regional and national clients in the environmental aspects of business transactions, ranging from redeveloping brownfields (he assisted in the drafting of the 2002 brownfields amendment to the federal Superfund law) to managing liabilities in the environmental acquisition and divestiture of multinational companies.

    Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP

    13 Best Lawyers awards

    Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP logo

    Overview

    • English

    • Harvard University, J.D., graduated 1985
    • University of Pennsylvania, BA

    • New York, New York
    • New Jersey, New Jersey
    • Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

    • Jewish National Fund - Executive Committee Housing Fund
    • SEPTA - Board Member

    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • English
    • New York, New York
    • New Jersey, New Jersey
    • Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
    • Jewish National Fund - Executive Committee Housing Fund
    • SEPTA - Board Member
    • Harvard University, J.D., graduated 1985
    • University of Pennsylvania, BA
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. Supreme Court

    Client Testimonials

    Awards & Focus

    Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2026 - Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2012 - Litigation - Environmental Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2010 - Environmental Law
    Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
    • Environmental Law, Philadelphia (2026)
    • Environmental Law, Philadelphia (2019)
    • Litigation - Environmental, Philadelphia (2012)
    • Environmental Law, Philadelphia (2010)
    Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
    • Environmental Law
    Additional Areas of Practice:
    • Litigation - Environmental
    Special Focus:
    • Administrative/Regulatory
    • Counseling
    • Enforcement Defense
    • Environmental Cleanup
    • Environmental Permitting
    • Litigation
    • RCRA/Hazardous Waste
    • Real Estate
    • Solid Waste
    • Superfunds/Environmental Remediation
    • Toxic Tort
    • Waste
    Awards:
    • Best Lawyers® in America listing (environmental law), since 1999
    • Pennsylvania Super Lawyers listing (environmental law and litigation), since 2004
    • Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business listing (environmental law), since 2005.
    • AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated through Martindale-Hubbell®.
    • "Philadelphia Area Best Lawyers Environmental Lawyer of the Year" (environmental litigation), 2012.
    • Top 100 Philadelphia Super Lawyer listing (2007-2008; 2011-2012, 2014, 2019)
    • Top 100 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer listing (2006-2007; 2011).
    • "Philadelphia Area Best Lawyers Environmental Lawyer of the Year" (environmental law), 2009 and 2010

    Case History

    Cases
    • Circuit City v. Kutner
    Established the private right of action under the storage tank act and clean streams law to recover costs from a leaking underground storage tank
    • Agere Systems, Inc v. Advanced Environmental Technology
    Hired to appeal a $20 million judgment against client in a superfund case. Had the entire judgment vacated and created new law in a case of first impression under superfund regarding whether a party to a consent decree had a cost recovery or only a contribution claim
    Transactions
    • Keystone Landfill consent decree
    Negotiated both a changed remedy selection and consent Decree for a superfund site featured on 60 minutes. the remedy involved cutting edge technology and the consent Decree incorporated cost sharing from the federal government to implement this new technology.
    • 2002 superfund amendments
    Drafted and negotiated, on behalf of a national trade association, amendments to the Superfund bill promoting brownfields development. the bill was signed in to law by the President at one of our client''s brownfields sites.

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