AM2022 Environmental & Energy Law Section

Topics to be Included:

• Renewable Energy
• The Economic Benefits of the NYS Brownfield Cleanup Program and Legislative Update
• The Impact of the New Green Amendment
• Ethics: What You, Your Client and Others Should Report After Learning About Environmental Investigation Results



Speakers

Linda R. Shaw, Esq., Knauf Shaw LLP, Rochester, NY

James P. Rigano, Esq., Rigano PLLC, Melville, NY

Fred Zalcman, Esq., Director, New York Offshore Wind Alliance, Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Inc., Albany, NY

Paul Curran, Managing Director, BQ Energy, LLC, Wappinger Falls, NY

William Acker, Ph.D., Executive Director, NY Best – New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium, Rexford, NY

Linda B. Whitehead, Esq., McCullough, Goldberger & Staudt LLP, White Plains, NY

Thomas H. Forbes, P.E., President, Benchmark Environmental Engineering & Science, PLLC, Buffalo, NY

Amy E. Fisk, AICP, Brownfield Program Manager, Niagara County Department of Economic Development, Sanborn, NY

Professor Nicholas A. Robinson, Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law. White Plains, NY

Kevin M. Young, Esq., Senior Partner, Young / Sommer LLC, Albany, NY

Rebecca M. Bratspies, Professor, CUNY Law School, Director, Center for Urban Environmental Reform, Queens, NY

Melissa M. Valle, Esq., Petroleum Spill Committee Co-Chair, Knauf Shaw LLP, Rochester, NY

Jeffrey C. Stravino, Esq., Petroleum Spill Committee Co-Chair, Hodgson Russ LLP, Buffalo, NY

Patrick T. Martin, P.E., BCEE, Senior Consultant, Golder Associates, Inc., Buffalo, NY