Best Lawyers in Pennsylvania, United States for Environmental Law
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Todd Kantorczyk is a partner at the environmental and energy law firm of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox. He has extensive experience advising clients on complex issues related to regulatory compliance, litigation, and transactional matters, particularly in the areas of wetlands and stormwater permitting, chemical regulation, air, climate change, and energy. Todd’s practice has included matters related to chemical regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act, as well as natural gas ...
Area of Emphasis Michael Winek is a member of the Environmental and Energy and Natural Resources groups of Babst Calland. Mr. Winek has extensive experience in a wide range of environmental regulatory programs, with an emphasis on regulatory issues arising under the Clean Air Act. Mr. Winek devotes a substantial amount of time advising clients on complex air permitting issues (such as PSD, NSR and state construction permits) for plant expansions and projects. In addition to new source permitt...
Area of Emphasis Kevin Garber is a shareholder in the Environmental and Energy and Natural Resources groups of Babst Calland, practicing out of the firm’s Pittsburgh and State College offices. Mr. Garber concentrates much of his practice in the areas of natural resources law and water law. He represents mining and oil and gas companies in the conventional and unconventional industries on a broad range of environmental issues including permitting, water supply and treatment, and resource...
Area of Emphasis Sean McGovern is a shareholder and co-chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Group of Babst Calland. He is also a member of the Firm’s Environmental Group. Mr. McGovern’s practice involves counseling a wide variety of energy clients on a variety of federal, state, and local regulatory and compliance issues related to mining, renewable, and oil and natural gas development, production, transmission, storage, plugging and restoration in the Appalachian Basin. H...
Bryan is a partner at the firm and has experience in counseling and representing clients on a range of environmental and energy matters. Bryan’s practice has focused on regulatory compliance and transactional matters, particularly in the areas of air and water quality, redevelopment, sustainability, permitting, energy efficiency and renewable energy development. Over the last several years, Bryan has primarily worked with complex regulated industries, notably including petroleum refinin...
David G. Mandelbaum is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig's Litigation and Environmental Groups. http://www.gtlaw.com/People/davidmandelbaum CONCENTRATION Air, Water, and Waste Regulation Superfund and Contamination Climate Change Oil and Gas Development Water Rights SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATIONS Representation of industrial clients in wastewater, solid waste, and air permitting matters; administrative appeals; and enforcement actions Advises clients on sustainability and climate change, risk m...
Carol is the managing partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP, working in the firm's complex industrial and regulatory practices. She has worked with a broad range of industrial clients in the manufacturing, energy and waste management sectors. Carol counsels clients on a wide variety of environmental issues, including permitting, compliance and enforcement matters related to air emissions, storage tanks, stormwater, wastewater, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste. She has assisted cl...
Area of Emphasis Chip Babst is Chairman of the Firm and is a member of the Environmental and Energy and Natural Resources groups. Mr. Babst has more than 40 years of experience in providing counsel on environmental matters to both private and public clients. Mr. Babst is a nationally-recognized authority on Clean Air Act issues and has handled complex permitting and compliance issues at federal, state and local levels throughout the United States. His experience in dealing with federal and st...
Area of Emphasis Don Bluedorn’s practice focuses primarily on water and wastewater management, site remediation/ brownfields, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste issues. Because of the technical nature of both the subject matter and his education, Mr. Bluedorn typically works closely with the client, technical consultants, and engineers during all phases of a project’s development. This team approach has been very successful with state and federal regulatory agencies in a number...
Jill has a wide variety of experience in environmental and safety counseling and litigation. She has handled many Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliance and enforcement matters for clients across the country including matters involving fatalities and serious injuries, challenging Citations, advising on OSHA programs and procedures, and submitting comments on and challenging new OSHA standards. Jill’s environmental practice is equally varied and includes designin...
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 issue...
Jonathan Spergel is the immediate past managing partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, the environmental and energy law firm with which he started his legal career in 1993. He handles a wide variety of environmental legal issues, including the environmental aspects of commercial transactions and brownfields sites, environmental insurance procurement and coverage issues, public funding opportunities, regulatory compliance counseling, and litigation for comm...
Area of Emphasis Christina Puhnaty is an associate in the Environmental Group of Babst Calland. She assists clients with matters encompassing a broad range of environmental issues, including those related to state and federal permitting, regulatory compliance, and environmental litigation. Ms. Puhnaty devotes a significant portion of her practice to advising clients on compliance matters arising under the Clean Air Act and related state programs regulating air emissions. She manages air permi...
Brandon is an associate with Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP and is admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar. He worked as a summer associate with the firm in 2016. Brandon represents industrial companies, property developers, infrastructure projects, and utilities on a wide variety of environmental, land use, and worker safety matters. His practice includes advising on compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, as well as representing clients in civil litigation and in disputes with ...
Jake Oresick is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law, Insurance Law and Litigation - Environmental. Jake, who practices law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jake is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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