January 25, 2010
SPR principals Pamela Esterman and Daniel Riesel will serve as co-chairpersons of the upcoming Environmental Law Conference, to be held on February 4-6, 2010 in Washington, DC. The program is co-sponsored by ALI-ABA, the Environmental Law Institute and the Smithsonian Institute. A diverse faculty from government, universities, private practice and advocacy organizations will focus on recent legal developments in the areas of air, energy, water, hazardous materials, environmental review and endangered species.
The keynote address will be given by Scott Fulton, General Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Panels will also discuss what to expect from the Supreme Court and the Obama administration in the days to come. For more information, please visit ALI-ABA’s website.
January 4, 2010
On December 30, Sive, Paget & Riesel (“SPR”) submitted a comment letter on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”) addressing deficiencies in the Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (“DSGEIS”) prepared by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYSDEC”) regarding proposed natural gas extraction from the Marcellus Shale formation in the Southern Tier of New York State. SPR’s comment letter, prepared by Steven Barshov and Jessica Steinberg, focused principally on matters of concern to towns and other units of local government within whose territory such proposed natural gas drilling would occur.
SPR’s comment letter identified multiple deficiencies in the DSGEIS related to potential impacts of concern to units of local government, including traffic, noise, visual, community character and land use impacts. SPR’s comment letter also encouraged DEC to adopt regulations that would provide units of local government with meaningful advisory input to NYSDEC during well permitting. Access a complete copy of SPR’s comment letter—which is attached to NRDC’s comment letter—here (pdf).
November 19, 2009
Six SPR partners have been honored as top environmental attorneys in the New York Metro area by Super Lawyers Magazine for 2009. Super Lawyers is a listing of “outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.”
Michael Bogin, Mark Chertok, and Jeffrey Gracer were named as among the best lawyers in the environmental field, and David Paget, Daniel Riesel, and Steven Russo were honored in the environmental litigation field.
Super Lawyers creates an annual list of outstanding attorneys after conducting a “rigorous and multiphase process” that includes polling, peer nominations, and independent evaluations. Based on professional activity, transactions, and honors, Super Lawyers has recognized the above six SPR partners as exceptional attorneys in the environmental and environmental litigation fields.
November 13, 2009
On November 16, 2009, SPR partner Pamela Esterman will receive the Founders Award from the Theodore W. Kheel Center on the Resolution of Environmental Interest Disputes. The Kheel Center was launched in April 2008 to train lawyers in environmental dispute resolution, and is housed at Pace Law School in White Plains, New York. The mission of the center is to promote the use of non-traditional forums to resolve environmental disputes. Pam Esterman is Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Kheel Center. She has been instrumental in organizing events and training programs for the Center since its creation. She will receive the award in honor of her dedication and service to the mission of the Kheel Center.
In addition, on November 17, the Kheel Center will hold its second annual day-long Summit, at the University Club in New York City. The program, entitled “Changing Times: Changing Practice, Effective Legal Strategies to Resolve New Environmental Disputes” is intended to highlight new conflict resolution strategies that can be used in place of litigation or other adjudicatory tribunals for the resolution of environmental disputes. Several examples of the types of new approaches will be presented. These include approaches that have been used in siting energy generation facilities, as well as those that have been used to address complex land use problems associated with sea level rise. Pam Esterman will moderate a panel entitled: “Negotiating and Selecting Sustainability Practices to Mitigate Climate Change.” She also co-authored an article on the skills lawyers need to advise clients in environmental disputes which will be included in the 2009-2010 edition of the Pace Environmental Law Review.
October 12, 2009
Daniel Riesel was recently inducted into the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL), a professional association of distinguished private and public sector lawyers who practice in the field of environmental law. Membership is by invitation only; members are recognized by their peers as being preeminent in their field. ACOEL members seek to maintain and improve the ethical practice of environmental law, the administration of justice, and development of environmental law at both the state and federal level.
August 24, 2009
The independent rankings organization Chambers and Partners has named five partners at Sive Paget & Riesel as leaders in environmental law. The report describes SPR as a “superb environmental boutique” and praises the firm for its “incredible responsiveness” to client needs, and its depth of experience in environmental review, complex permitting, and litigation. Daniel Riesel, David Paget, Mark Chertok, Jeff Gracer, and Michael Bogin are singled out for their high quality work. Read the full review at Chambers and Partners. 2009 marks the sixth consecutive year that SPR has been in the first rank of environmental law firms in New York, according to the organization.
Several SPR attorneys have also received mention as among the best environmental law firms in the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, 2009. Read the full writeup below.
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May 15, 2009
We are pleased to present the SPR Environmental Law Blog, which will include news and updates on environmental and legal issues related to Sive Paget & Riesel’s practice. SPR is recognized as a leader in environmental law, and has worked at the forefront of environmental law and litigation in New York and elsewhere since the early 1960’s.
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To learn more about SPR’s environmental law practice, view the Sive, Paget & Riesel homepage, browse the interactive map of SPR’s work, see our attorneys’ biographies, project updates, or review our practice areas.
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