Jennifer’s practice includes transactional and regulatory compliance as well as litigation. On the transactional side, she advises purchasers, sellers, landlords, and tenants of properties with hazardous substance and petroleum contamination, assisting them in conducting due diligence, negotiating cleanup responsibility, and in allocating environmental risk both by contract and through environmental insurance.
In 2011 and 2012, the firm received the Acquisition International Legal Award for “US Environmental Law Firm of the Year.” The awards celebrate excellence and reward firms, teams and individuals for their contribution to client service, innovation and commitment to quality.
Post-acquisition, her work includes overseeing the remediation of such properties and allocating responsibility and costs of cleanup, while working with numerous parties, including responsible third parties and their attorneys, environmental consultants, and state environmental agencies. She also counsels borrowers in connection with financing and refinancing contaminated properties, and has advised secured lenders regarding liability under both state and federal law. Jennifer’s compliance work includes advising clients on regulatory compliance with state and federal environmental laws and regulations, with an emphasis on building materials such as lead-based paint and asbestos.
On the litigation side, Jennifer's work has included matters involving state and federal cost-recovery actions and contract disputes, including participation in the defense of a potentially responsible party in a CERCLA cost recovery action brought by the federal government.
Jennifer currently serves as a member of the firm’s Central Training Committee.
Professional & Community Involvement
- Member, New England Women in Real Estate
- Co-chair, Boston Bar Association Environmental Law Section, Hazardous and Solid Waste Committee
Jennifer’s practice includes transactional and regulatory compliance as well as litigation. On the transactional side, she advises purchasers, sellers, landlords, and tenants of properties with hazardous substance and petroleum contamination, assisting them in conducting due diligence, negotiating cleanup responsibility, and in allocating environmental risk both by contract and through environmental insurance.
In 2011 and 2012, the firm received the Acquisition International Legal Award for “US Environmental Law Firm of the Year.” The awards celebrate excellence and reward firms, teams and individuals for their contribution to client service, innovation and commitment to quality.
Post-acquisition, her work includes overseeing the remediation of such properties and allocating responsibility and costs of cleanup, while working with numerous parties, including responsible third parties and their attorneys, environmental consultants, and state environmental agencies. She also counsels borrowers in connection with financing and refinancing contaminated properties, and has advised secured lenders regarding liability under both state and federal law. Jennifer’s compliance work includes advising clients on regulatory compliance with state and federal environmental laws and regulations, with an emphasis on building materials such as lead-based paint and asbestos.
On the litigation side, Jennifer's work has included matters involving state and federal cost-recovery actions and contract disputes, including participation in the defense of a potentially responsible party in a CERCLA cost recovery action brought by the federal government.
Jennifer currently serves as a member of the firm’s Central Training Committee.
Professional & Community Involvement
- Member, New England Women in Real Estate
- Co-chair, Boston Bar Association Environmental Law Section, Hazardous and Solid Waste Committee
Publications
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Co-author,
Tenants Off The Hook: EPA's New Policy Under CERCLA., Law360 ()
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Author,
Renovation of Housing Containing Lead Paint: A Regulatory Update, Westlaw Journal Toxic Torts ()
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Author,
No More Opting Out of Rule for Renovation of Buildings Containing Lead Paint, Environmental Law Advisory ()
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Co-author,
Sackett v. EPA: Property Owners May Challenge EPA Orders, Environmental Alert ()
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The Emission of Greenhouse Gases Was Not an Occurrence, Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin ()
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Co-author,
Sackett v. EPA: United States Supreme Court Critical of EPA, Environmental Alert ()
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Author,
Does the Constitution Mandate the Ability to Challenge an EPA Order Pre-Enforcement?, Environmental Alert: Sackett v. EPA ()
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Author,
Henry Gifford's Lawsuit Against U.S. Green Building Council Dismissed, Mintz Levin Green Building Newsletter ()
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Author,
EPA Revises Lead Paint Rules for Building Renovations, Environmental Law Alert ()
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Author,
Class Action Filed against U.S. Green Building Council, Mintz Levin Green Building Newsletter ()
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Author,
EPA's New Rules for Renovation of Buildings Containing Lead Paint, Environmental Law Advisory ()
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Author,
Massachusetts Approves Utilities’ Energy Efficiency Plans, Mintz Levin Green Building Newsletter ()
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Parent-Subsidiary Liability Issues: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Parent Corporation Not Liable Under Massachusetts Superfund Law for Contamination Caused by Subsidiary and Holds Plaintiff Potentially Liable for Defendants’ Attorneys’ Fees, CPCU Agent & Broker Interest Group ()
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Parent-Subsidiary Liability Issues: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Parent Corporation Not Liable Under Massachusetts Superfund Law for Contamination Caused by Subsidiary and Holds Plaintiff Potentially Liable for Defendants’ Attorneys’ Fees, CPCU Consulting, Litigation, & Expert Witness Interest Group Quarterly ()
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Mass. Superfund Plaintiffs May Face Double Trouble, Energy Law 360 ()
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Author,
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Parent Corporation Not Liable under Massachusetts Superfund Law for Contamination Caused by Subsidiary, Environmental Law Advisory ()
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Author,
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Parent Corporation Not Liable under Massachusetts Superfund Law for Contamination Caused by Subsidiary, Environmental Law Advisory ()
Speaking Engagements
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Speaker,
Identifying and Managing Environmental Risk in Real Estate and Corporate Transactions,
Boston Bar Association, Boston, MA
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Faculty,
Transferring & Documenting Environmental Risk for Conveyancing, Lending, Leasing & Corporate Lawyers,
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Boston, MA
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