Barry Needleman
Director & Chair of the Management Committee
Barry regularly handles environmental matters for regional and national clients involving permitting, compliance counseling, auditing, and defense of administrative and judicial enforcement actions. He has done substantial work developing energy projects. He litigates issues arising out of historic liabilities at former manufactured gas plants and environmental insurance coverage disputes on behalf of policyholders.
Department
Environmental
Areas of Practice
- Environmental litigation
- Environmental Compliance Counseling
Representative Clients & Work
- KeySpan - Manufactured Gas Plant Litigation
- Town of Hopkinton - Clean Air Act and general environmental counseling regarding concerns associated with the siting of a solid waste incinerator
- AES - permitting work to site a new 720 megawatt gas-fired cogeneration facility
Admissions
New Hampshire
Professional & Association Memberships
- New Hampshire Bar Association
- Past chair, Environmental Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Board of Directors member, New England BioSolids and Residuals Association
- Former Board member, Adirondack Mountain Club
Recognition
- Recognized in Chambers USA
- 1993 Randolph C. Shaw graduate fellow in Environmental Law at George Washington University, National Law Center
Career
- L.L.M. (Environmental), with highest honors, George Washington University, National Law Center, 1993
- J.D., cum laude Lewis & Clark College, Northwestern School of Law, 1992
- B.A., Clark University, 1987
Recent Publications and Lectures
Barry writes and speaks frequently on a wide variety of environmental topics; has taught environmental courses at Vermont Law School, Boston University School of Law, and Franklin Pierce Law Center
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