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Michael
Hannaman

Associate (Bar Admission Pending)

Michael
Hannaman

Associate (Bar Admission Pending)

Michael joined SPR in Fall 2024 after graduating from New York University School of Law.

At NYU Law, Michael served as Executive Editor of the NYU Environmental Law Journal. He participated in the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Environmental Law Clinic and worked as a legal extern in the Environmental Protection Bureau of the NYS Office of the Attorney General. He also worked as a research assistant for the NYU Furman Center and as a summer law clerk for Wardenski P.C., where he assisted in civil rights litigation.

Prior to law school, Michael was a program evaluator for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations working in community development, environmental justice, housing policy, and education.

NYC Council Vote Is Imminent On the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity Zoning Reform

In early December 2024, the New York City Council is expected to hold a final vote on a comprehensive zoning reform proposal entitled the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity (COYHO). COYHO is designed to alleviate New York ...
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DEC Publishes Final Revisions to Solid Waste Management Regulations

Almost five years after publishing the first substantial revisions to its solid waste management regulations, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) published a new set of final revisions to the regulations
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Supreme Court Significantly Curtails Federal Jurisdiction over Wetlands in Sackett v. EPA

On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Sackett v. EPA, ruling that federal jurisdiction over wetlands under the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act), which prohibits discharging pollutants into “the waters of the ...
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Education

New York University, J.D., 2024, cum laude, John Sexton Scholarship

University of California, Berkley, M.A., 2015

Bowdoin College, A.B., 2013, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,