PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Admitted to Bar, 1965, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

EDUCATION

• L.L.B., Fordham University Law School, New York, New York, 1965

• B.S.S., Social Sciences, Fordham University, New York, New York, 1962

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Engaged in private practice of law, providing legal services regarding regulatory, transactional and litigation issues and projects relating to environmental law and urban redevelopment issues.

• Partner, Maraziti, Falcon & Healey, L.L.P. 1995 to date.  Partner, McManimon & Scotland, Chair, Environmental Group, 1994 to 1995.  Partner, Maraziti, Falcon & Gregory, 1976 to 1993.  Partner, Maraziti & Maraziti,1965 to 1976.

• Litigated issues involving interpretation of a wide variety of environmental and redevelopment statutes and regulations, including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Federal Water
  Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), The New Jersey Housing and Redevelopment Act, The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Comprehensive Environmental

• Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Administrative Procedures Act, New Jersey Housing and Redevelopment Law, New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act, New Jersey Spill

• Compensation and Control Act, Solid Waste Management Act, and Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act and other related state and federal statutes and regulations.

• Negotiated multi million dollar urban development agreements and successfully defended litigation regarding redevelopment projects.

• Successfully represented public bodies in Federal District Court cases which resulted in precedential decisions in the field of environmental litigation, including the earliest decision which recognized the right of a municipality to recover for Natural Resource Damages under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).

• Testified before New Jersey Senate Environmental Committee, regarding Senate Bill 1070, Industrial Site Recovery Act (ECRA Reform).  Testified before various United States Senate and House of Representatives Committees regarding environmental legislation.

MEMBERSHIPS

• Master - Justice Stewart G. Pollock Environmental American Inn of Court

• Morris County Bar Association (Trustee, 1991-1993)

• American Bar Association
  Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law

• Associate, Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C.

• New Jersey State Bar Association
  Environmental Law Section

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Testimony before the Senate Committee on Community and Urban Affairs, Bill No. S1975, entitled "Revises law concerning eminent domain and municipal redevelopment," sponsored by Senator Ronald R. Rice, February 26, 2007

• New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Environmental Litigation, Member, 1990

• Association of Environmental Authorities of New Jersey (Authorities Association of New Jersey)
  Chairman, Legal Committee, 1989 and 1990
  Legal Counsel, 1993 to 1994

• Morris County Bar Association
  Trustee, 1991 to 1993
  Founding Chairman, Environmental Law Committee, 1989, 1991, 1992

• Fordham University, Fordham Environmental Law Report, Advisory Board Member

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

• Listed as one of the Ten Leaders in Environmental Law in New Jersey, December, 2003

• Identified as one of the Best Environmental Lawyers in New Jersey by The Best Lawyers in America, 1995 to 1996

• Recognition of highest rating for legal ability from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

• Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in American Law

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

• Chairman, New Jersey State Planning Commission 1998 to 2002.

• Chairman, New Jersey Future, 1998
  Vice Chairman, 1993 to 1998
  Member, 2002
  New Jersey Future is a non profit corporation seeking to bring a sustainable natural environment and a productive economy to New Jersey and to maintain livable communities and regions with it.

• Chairman, ONE NEW JERSEY, a project of New Jersey Future.

• Member, New Jersey Committee of the Regional Plan Association, 1989 to 1998.

• Member of Regional Plan Association Tri State Board of Directors 2002 -
  Since 1929, the Regional Plan Association has sought to improve the quality of life in the New York/New Jersey, Connecticut metropolitan region by creating a long‑term plan and promoting its implementation across political boundaries.  Member, The Council for the Region Tomorrow, The Regional Plan Association.

• Member, Regional Planning Partnership, 2003 -
  Recipient of 2002 Van Zandt Williams, Jr. Community Involvement Award for Commitment  to Redevelopment in New Jersey from the Regional Planning Partnership.

• Chairman, MORRIS 2000,   1987 to 1990; Trustee, 1990 to 1995.
  A public service project co‑sponsored by the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Morris County Chamber of Commerce, regarding growth issues facing Morris County into the 21st Century.

• 1991 Recipient of the Morris 2000 Robert M. Schaeberle Leadership Award

• Chairman, Environmental Task Force, MORRIS 2000, 1984‑1985

• Member, Subcommittee on the Environment of the 21st Century Task Force of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, 1986‑ 1987

• Member, County College of Morris Trustee Search Committee, 1983‑ 1984

• Member of the Board of Directors, County College of Morris Foundation, 1994 to 1998

PUBLICATIONS

• "Don't Cripple Eminent Domain," The New York Times, March 11, 2007.

• "Crunch Time For the State Plan," New Jersey Lawyer, Volume Thirteen, Number Five, February 2, 2004.

• "Contaminated Real Estate:  Ugly Frog to Charming Prince?," The Morris Lawyer, May 1997.

• "How Clean is Clean?," New Jersey Law Journal, February 26, 1996.

• "Does Whitman's DEP Offer a New Deal," New Jersey Law Journal, February 20, 1995.

• "Private Party Cleanups: Do it Right the First Time," Environmental Law Section of the New Jersey Bar Association.

• "Local Governments: Opportunities to Recover for Natural  Resource Damages,"  Environmental Law Reporter, published by the Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C., February, 1987.

• "Municipal Response to Hazardous Waste, The Boonton Decision: Making Polluters Pay,"  New Jersey Municipalities, published by the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, June, 1987.

• "Morris 2000:  A Citizens' Forum for Regional Problem Solving," New Jersey Bell Journal, Volume Ten, Number Three, Special Issue, 1987.

LECTURES

• On January 23, 2008, Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. gave a lecture on Low Impact Development for Baykeeper.

• On January 9, 2008 at the Inn of Court, Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. gave a lecture on Civility.

• On November 14, 2007at the Association of Environmental Authorities in Atlantic City, NJ, Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. gave a lecture on Will the New Water Quality Management Rule Bring NJ Smart Growth?

• On November 9, 2007 at the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority Redevelopment Planning Process, Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. was a panelist and gave a lecture on Gallenthin v. Paulsboro.

• Maraziti, Falcon & Healey, LLP, was selected by the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority to be instructors on October 29, 20 and 31, 2007 at the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority Community Redevelopment Training Institute. Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. gave a lecture on Redevelopment Planning Process.

• On October 23, 2007, Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. gave a lecture at the Clean Water Council of New Jersey Public Hearing on New Jersey's Water Infrastructure in Trenton, New Jersey on Water Infrastructure - New Jersey Status and Trends.

• On September 25 & 26, 2007 at the 2007 Governor's Conference on Housing and Community Development in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. gave a lecture on Redevelopment Process and Issues.

• On June 15, 2007 at the Needs Assessment and Strategy Workshop to Promote Sustainable Development in the Lower Hudson Valley @ Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. gave a lecture on Obstacles to Sustainable Development.

• On May 15 & 16, 2007, Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. was a panelist at the Leadership New Jersey/Leadership Newark - Seminar on Economic and Community Development. Mr. Maraziti gave a lecture on Perspectives on Economic and Community Development.

• Maraziti, Falcon & Healey, LLP, was selected by the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority to be instructors on April 16, 17, 18 & 20, 2007. Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. gave a lecture on Redevelopment Planning Process.

• Eminent Domain - ANJEC - Rutgers University - March 31, 2007 - "Eminent Domain" 

• NJ Smart Choice Leadership Institute - Spring 2007 - March 13, 2007 - "Redevelopment and Revitalization: Eminent Domain"

• NJ Future - Redevelopment Forum 2007 - February 21, 2007 - "Redevelopment and the State of the State Plan"

• Environmental Law & Regulation Short Course - Rutgers University - February 7-8, 2007 - "Smart Growth"

• "Generating 'Green' from Grey and Brown," American Planning Association (New Jersey Chapter) - The Annual Planning Conference, October 28, 2005.

• "The Redevelopment Process," ANJEC - 32nd Annual Environmental Congress, October 21, 2005.

• "Environment Day," Leadership Morris, September 21, 2005.

• "Current Trends in State Planning," Association of Environmental Authorities at the Commissioners' Conference, June 27, 2005.

• "Issues Affecting Long Term Planning in New Jersey," Association of Environmental Authorities at Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority, February 25, 2005.

• "Smart Growth," Cook College Continuing Professional Education Programs, Environmental Law and Regulations, February 9, 2005.

• "State Development and Redevelopment Plan-Pending Changes," NJ - National Association of Industrial and Office Properties - Land Use and Regulatory Issues Update, June 10, 2004.

• "Redevelopment Areas: Promoting Development in Your Community," New Jersey Municipal Management Association - Economic Development Tools for Municipalities May 26, 2004.

• "Redevelopment Areas: Promoting Development in Your Community," County of Passaic, Department of Economic Development, March 20, 2004.

• "Environmental Law and Litigation," Cook College Continuing Professional Education Programs, February 18, 2004.

• "State Planning and Watersheds," Association of Environmental Authorities, November 18, 1998.

• "New Jersey State Plan and Regulatory/Redevelopment Issues," State Bar Association Land Use Board of Trustees.

• "Incentives for Change: A State-Led Strategy for Collaboration and Innovation," Institute for Sustainable Design at the University of Virginia, October 26, 1998.

• "Contract Writing for the Solid Waste Management Professional", Cook College Continuing Professional Education Programs, June 18, 1997.

• "Contaminated Real Estate:  Ugly Frog to Charming Prince?", Morris County League of Municipalities, "Municipal Opportunities, April 16, 1997.

• "Wasteflow Control - Where Are We and How Did We Get There?", Association of Environmental Authorities Commissioners Conference, June, 1996.

• Participation in United States Environmental Protection Agency Permits Improvement Team Stakeholder Meeting, Newark, New Jersey, May 31, 1995.

• The Sustainable State Leadership Conference, Co-sponsored by the Governor's Office of Policy and Planning and New Jersey Future, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, May 19, 1995.

• "Legal Issues", New Jersey Landfill Reclamation Seminar, Sponsored by ACER Engineers and Consultants, October 20, 1994.

• "Components of an Industrial Pretreatment Program", Cook College, a division of Rutgers University, April 19, 1995.

• "Authority Governance", Association of Environmental Authorities Spring Conference, March, 1995.

• "Environmental Cost-Recovery Opportunities for the Public Sector", New Jersey Association of Counties Annual Conference, June 16, 1994.

• "Survey of Emerging Hot Topics Affecting Authorities; Solid Waste Flow Control; Environmental Justice and Host Community Benefit Legislation", Association of Environmental Authorities Commissioners Conference, June, 1994.

• "NJDEPE Voluntary Cleanup Program", 10th Annual New Jersey Environmental Exposition, October 19, 1993.

• "City Government Case Study: Economic Development with Environmental Protection," City of Perth Amboy Conference on Economic Development and the Environment, October 13, 1993.

• Participated in a Superfund Consortium, sponsored by ICMA Washington, D.C., March 9, 1993.

• "Environmental Case Law and Litigation," Fairleigh Dickinson University, Environmental Management for Business, College of Business Administration, February 3, 1993.

• "Environmental Balance," Environmental Section of Leadership Morris, October 6, 1992.

• "Environmental Law for the General Practitioner, Morris County Bar Association," Municipal Superfund Liability, May 27, 1992.

• New Jersey State Bar, New Jersey's Voluntary Cleanup Program - How Will It Work, April 28, 1992.

• Morris County Chamber of Commerce, participated in a mock Planning Board Session on the topic of Environmental Issues for Planning Boards' Consideration in Reviewing Major Development Proposals, April, 1992.

• New Jersey State Bar Young Lawyers Division, participated as a panelist on Environmental Litigation - Practical Considerations, March 24, 1992.

• New Jersey Water Pollution Control Association, North Jersey Section, Challenging a NJPDES Permit, October 23, 1991.

• Association of Environmental Authorities, Legal Seminar, Clean Water Enforcement Act, Challenging a NJPDES Permit, September 11, 1991.

• Omni Environmental Corporation, Science, Law and the NJPDES Permit, June, 1991.

• Association of Environmental Authorities 1990 Annual Meeting, What Risks Do Public Officials Face Today Regarding The Clean Water Enforcement Act, LUST and Workers Right to Know? What Insurance Should They Have?, November, 1990.

• Solid Waste Management in New Jersey "New Roads Ahead"  presented, Legal Problems in Recycling, July, 1990. 

• North Morris Manufacturers' Club, Emerging Personal Liability of Corporate Officers Under Environmental Laws, October, 1990. 

• Hunterdon County Planning Board, South Branch Watershed Association and Upper Raritan Watershed Association, Co‑Permittee: Opportunities and Legal Considerations, October, 1990.

• Local Government Law Section of New Jersey State Bar Association, Overview of Environmental Law for Municipal Practitioners, October, 1987.

• Member of various Bar Association Panels regarding environmental issues.

• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey.  Course entitled "Legal Issues," September, 1978 to 1982.

• Guest Lecturer, Seton Hall Law School, Newark, New Jersey, on Environmental Issues.