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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Admitted to bar, 1982, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1994 New York.

EDUCATION

• J.D., Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1982

• B.A., Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, 1979

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• MARAZITI, FALCON & HEALEY, LLP
  Partner 2005 – Present
  Of Counsel, 2000 – 2005

• METHFESSEL & WERBEL
  Head of Environmental Law Department, 1998 to 2000

• PODVEY, SACHS, MEANOR, CATENACCI, HILDNER & COCOZIELLO, P.C.
  Head of Environmental Law Department, 1993-1998

• COLE, SCHOTZ, MEISEL, FORMAN & LEONARD, P.A.
  Associate, Environmental Law Department:  1990 to 1993

• MARGOLIS CHASE
  Associate, Environmental Law Department:  1988 to 1990

• NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
  Deputy Attorney General:  1986 to 1988

• CAPE MAY COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
  Assistant Prosecutor:  1983 to 1986

• NEW JERSEY SUPERIOR COURT, SALEM COUNTY
  Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Norman Telsey:  1982 to 1983

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• November 2005 Redevelopment Workshop, New Jersey State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program

• December 2003 Environmental Law Basics, New Jersey State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program

• November 2003 Expert Witnesses in Environmental Litigation, Rutgers – Cook College Continuing Education Program

• February 1999  Groundwater Reclassification Regional Plan Association, Newark, NJ 

• June 1999  Assisting Municipalities do Brownfields work, Downtown New Jersey Annual Conference, Newark, NJ 

PUBLICATIONS

• “Stormwater Rules: Developers Face New Restrictions,” New Jersey Law Journal, July 12, 2004.

• “Changes in Condemnation of Contaminated Property” New Jersey Law Journal, July 2004.

• “Well Water Rising – In Prominence That Is” [Private Well Testing Act], New Jersey Law Journal, September 30, 2002.

• "Groundwater Reclassification is an Important Tool for the Smart Growth Tool Chest," New Jersey Law Journal, July 8, 2002.

• "Court Limits Insurance Coverage for Landfill Dumping ," Environmental Law Notes, Summer 2001.

• Delaware Environmental Law Handbook, Government Institutes, Inc. (1994).

• "Workplace Reassurance: How to Get Indemnified", The Environmental Manager's Compliance Advisor, Sept. 1993.

• "ISRA in - ECRA Out", Commerce Magazine, September 1993.

• "New Jersey Rewrites the Rules for Cleanup," Tri-State Real Estate Journal, July 9, 1993.

• "Defending Odor Lawsuits Takes a Nose for Nuance", New Jersey Law Journal, June 28, 1993.

• "Drafting Environmental Provisions - New Quirks", 2 New Jersey Lawyer, 937 June 1993.

• "Determining Causation and Apportionment Under the Spill Act", 2 New Jersey Lawyer, 725, May 1993.

• "Underground Tank Rules Range Wide and Deep", New Jersey Law Journal, October 25, 1990.

• "Full Agenda Awaits Environmental Prosecutor," New Jersey Law Journal, February 1, 1990.