SPR Principal Mark Chertok to speak on ALI CLE webcast, “NEPA, Eagle County, and the Impacts of Deregulation: Environmental Review under the New Administration”
On July 1st from 12:00 – 1:30pm EST, SPR Principal Mark Chertok will serve as a speaker for the webcast, “NEPA, Eagle County, and the Impacts of Deregulation: Environmental Review under the New Administration,” hosted by the American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education (ALI CLE). The webcast will explore how the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent…
Read MoreSPR’s Dan Riesel Publishes Update to His Treatise, Environmental Enforcement: Civil and Criminal
Environmental Enforcement: Civil and Criminal, the leading text on environmental enforcement, has recently been updated for the 56th time. The book, first written in 1997 by SPR co-founder Dan Riesel and published by ALM, has been consistently updated by the firm’s lawyers. The current update, edited by SPR associate Kayley McGrath, reflects critical developments in…
Read MoreSPR Congratulates Camber Property Group on their Big Apple Brownfield Award for Sustainable Building Design
SPR congratulates Camber Property Group and Bowery Residents’ Committee, Inc. (BRC) on their 2025 Big Apple Brownfield Award for Sustainable Building Design for their work on 13-12 Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway, Queens. The New York City Brownfield Partnership presents the annual Big Apple Brownfield Awards to celebrate brownfield redevelopment through the recognition of…
Read MoreSPR recognized as top-ranked New York Environmental Law Firm by Chambers & Partners 2025
For the 22nd consecutive year, SPR has been named a top Environmental Law Firm in New York by Chambers and Partners, one of the premiere rankings of lawyers and law firms around the world. The rankings are based on Chambers’ independent research and input from clients and other environmental attorneys around the region. The 2025 Chambers…
Read MoreSPR Associate Additions Since Fall 2024: Claire McNulty & Michael Hannaman
SPR is delighted to welcome Claire McNulty and Michael Hannaman as associates. Claire McNulty joins the SPR team after earning a J.D. from New York University School of Law. She has experience with litigation, environmental due diligence, offshore wind transmission, and permitting. She formerly served as a Law Clerk for the California Attorney General Office’s…
Read MoreSPR Achieves Extraordinary Brownfield Cleanup Program Results in 2024
SPR is proud to announce the Firm’s extraordinary results in 2024 for clients with sites in the New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP). The BCP is a voluntary, incentive-based program in which contaminated properties known as “brownfields” can be remediated for redevelopment and reuse. The successful remediation of a BCP site culminates in the…
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