Resume

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1965
• 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