Heather A. Pierce

Senior Associate

DIRECT DIAL: 973-912-6809
EMAIL: hpierce@mfhenvlaw.com

Practice Areas:

Environmental Law
Local Government
Real Estate
Open Public Records and Meetings Law
Local Public Contracts Law
Land Use

Heather Pierce focuses her practice in counseling clients on Local Public Contracts Law (LPCL) matters and Open Public Records Act (OPRA) and Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) issues, as well as land use, redevelopment and environmental matters.  She has extensive experience dealing with complex OPRA and OPMA issues.  Ms. Pierce frequently drafts ordinances and resolutions, conducts discovery and handles zoning, land use and other property law matters for a variety of public entities.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Pierce served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Heidi Willis Currier, J.S.C. and the Honorable John A. Jorgensen, J.S.C. in Middlesex County, NJ. She attended Vermont Law School, where she served as Managing Editor of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law and Executive Director of the Vermont Legal Research Group. While in law school, she also served as an extern to the New Hampshire Legislature’s Administrative Rules Division, clerked for the Conservation Law Foundation, and worked as an intern for the New Hampshire Department of Justice.

    BAR ADMISSION

    • New Jersey, 2008
    • United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2008

    EDUCATION

    • J.D., Vermont Law School, 2007
    • B.A., Cornell University, cum laude, 1998

    PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

    • Member, New Jersey State Bar Association, Land Use Section
    • Member, Justice Stewart G. Pollock Environmental American Inn of Court

    Publications

    • “Statute of Limitations Applies to Spill Act Contribution Claims,” MFH Legal Update, October 2013

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      240 Cedar Knolls Road,
      Suite 301
      Cedar Knolls, New Jersey 07927

      Phone

      973-912-9008

      Fax

      973-912-9007 

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