The DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Wisler, LLP Environmental Law Group is at the forefront of negotiating and managing environmental risks in public, private and corporate real estate transactions, and enjoys a statewide reputation for their expertise. Our experience in this area includes the representation of lending institutions, real estate developers, public entities in purchase and condemnation proceedings and both large and small corporations and businesses. Our attorneys provide advice and counsel to their clients in the planning, development, procurement, construction and operation of large-scale, complex, mixed use projects. These projects unfailingly face an array of Federal and State permitting requirements that can be dizzying and discouraging to even the most hardened business executives. Our Firm has a long and distinguished record of shepherding difficult projects through this regulatory maze to successful conclusions.

Our Firm has successfully handled all aspects of the administrative process associated with penalty and permit appeals. While our goal is often to negotiate a favorable settlement of any penalty and/or permit-related issue, if a settlement is not warranted or in our client's best interest, our attorneys have the skill and experience necessary to ensure the best possible result in the appropriate administrative or judicial forum. Practitioners in the Group have handled matters involving all environmental issues, from air emissions, to wetlands mitigation or historic preservation.

The Firm also has extensive experience managing all phases of the environmental remediation process, including selecting and engaging environmental consultants, negotiating and drafting administrative consent orders and settlement agreements, and assessing and allocating risks and costs between responsible parties. Our main objective is to assume control, as directed, over the assessment and remediation at a site. This experience has proven invaluable in cases where the Firm has represented parties in pre-litigation negotiations and litigation involving cost recovery disputes under State and Federal regulations. Whether involved in a straightforward real estate transaction, project coordination and permitting, a penalty and permit appeal, or an environmental remediation, attorneys in the Environmental Law Group combine their experience and in-depth legal knowledge to deliver successful outcomes to their clients in this complex and highly regulated field of law.

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