Michael
Hannaman
Summer Associate
Michael
Hannaman
Summer Associate
Michael, a rising third-year student at NYU Law, joined SPR this summer as a Summer Associate. Prior to joining SPR, Michael worked as a legal extern in the Environmental Protection Bureau of the NYS Office of the Attorney General, as a research assistant for the NYU Furman Center, and as a summer law clerk for Wardenski P.C.. At Wardenski P.C., Michael assisted in civil rights litigation. Michael serves as an Executive Editor of the NYU Environmental Law Journal. Prior to law school, Michael was a program evaluator for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations working in community development, environmental justice, and housing policy. Michael holds an M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and an A.B. from Bowdoin College.
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
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 ...
