Christine M. Leas

Christine graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 1991, and is admitted to practice in New York, California and Connecticut. She specializes in environmental regulatory compliance and transactional matters, counseling clients on complex brownfield and contaminated site redevelopments and environmental aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. She has over ten years…

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Elizabeth Knauer

Elizabeth’s practice has included most facets of environmental law under federal and New York State law, and views every matter through a multidimensional lens. Her experience in both litigation and project development provides a seasoned perspective on avoiding and managing risk. Elizabeth has litigated various matters relating to environmental contamination and claims for recovery of…

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Scott Furman

Scott Furman has a breadth of legal experience focusing on identification and implementation of solutions to complex environmental issues.  Scott’s knowledge of and expertise in brownfield redevelopment programs, and similar voluntary cleanup programs, has enabled his clients to complete redevelopment and remediation projects in 15 different states. His work has brought him to nation- and…

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Pamela R. Esterman

Pamela has over 35 years of experience practicing environmental law. Her diverse experience includes litigating complex multi-party Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) claims both in court and in mediated allocation proceedings, negotiating with federal and state regulatory agencies concerning the substance and scope of cleanup activities, representing project sponsors in obtaining permits…

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John-Patrick Curran

John’s practice focuses on environmental and construction law, representing residential, commercial and industrial real property owners, operators and developers, construction managers, contractors, design professionals and lenders. John guides clients in navigating complex issues relating to real estate acquisition and development, construction, property management, risk management and management of environmental conditions at facilities throughout the United…

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Jennifer Coghlan

Jennifer works with agencies, developers, consultants, and engineers to guide development projects through environmental review processes under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and New York City’s Environmental Quality Review (CEQR).  She has also successfully defended against SEQRA and NEPA challenges. In addition, Jennifer has extensive experience in…

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