Environmental Law

Golub & Isabel possesses decades of experience in developing strategies to address a wide variety of environmental regulatory and transactional issues. The Firm has also litigated many environmental actions in both the federal and state courts throughout the United States. Some recent examples:

  • Administrative Appeals: Perform appeals from administrative agency actions, including permit reviews.
  • Administrative Enforcement: Defend clients in enforcement proceedings and negotiate the resolution of penalty assessments.
  • Cost Recovery Actions: Represent clients in litigation to recoup the costs of investigation and remediation of contaminated properties from other liable parties.
  • Defense: Defend and negotiate resolutions of claims asserted by government and private entities for costs of investigation and remediation at contaminated properties.
  • Funding Applications: Secure public funding for private remediations.
  • Environmental Insurance Recovery: Represent clients against their insurers to recoup costs incurred defending, investigating, remediating, and settling potential liabilities at contaminated properties.
  • ISRA: Guide clients through the requirements of the Industrial Site Recovery Act for the assessment, investigation and, if necessary, remediation of industrial establishments.
  • Natural Resource Damages: Negotiate resolution of natural resource damages claims made by the State of New Jersey.
  • Permits: Assist clients with obtaining or modifying environmental permits for business operations and development activities.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Advise clients on compliance with regulatory obligations such as the Day Care Center Licensing, ISRA, Spill Act, UST laws, and RCRA.
  • Rulemaking and Legislation: Track regulatory and legislative changes and advise clients on preventative measures to ensure compliance and avoid potential liability.
  • Transactional Advice: Advise clients such as manufacturers, lending institutions, developers, and small businesses on terms and conditions of acquisition or sale in order to minimize potential environmental liabilities. This advice may include negotiating environmental provisions of purchase and sales agreements, loans, or leases, and handling and coordinating all aspects of environmental due diligence, site assessment, and risk mitigation.