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Viggo C. Fish
Director, Administrative Law Department
Office603-230-4412
11 South Main Street
Suite 500
Concord, NH 03301

Viggo is a Director in the firm’s Administrative Law Department where he maintains a diverse environmental and energy regulatory and litigation practice. In his regulatory practice, Viggo represents regional and national clients in complex energy and environmental permitting matters, including permitting of energy facilities before the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee, and assists clients in navigating, and complying with, the numerous State and federal environmental laws. Viggo has significant experience advising clients on matters of solid waste, hazardous waste, contaminated site management, wetland and shoreland matters, and emerging contaminants. He also assists clients in managing environmental risks and liabilities in commercial and real estate transactions.

Viggo focuses his litigation practice on environmental and energy-related litigation, including defending clients facing State and federal enforcement actions, defending complex environmental cases involving emerging contaminants such as PFAS, citizen suits, and private actions. Viggo also has experience with administrative litigation and has successfully challenged administrative rulemaking.  He routinely represents clients in environmental appeals before the four New Hampshire environmental appeal councils, before State and federal courts, and the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

Viggo received his J.D., cum laude, and Master of Energy Regulation and Law degree, magna cum laude, from Vermont Law School (2015). Since 2024, Viggo has served as the Chair of the Environmental and Natural Resources Section of the NH Bar Association. In his spare time, he can routinely be found skiing, hiking, running, rock climbing, fishing, and otherwise finding ways to enjoy the abundant access to the outdoors that New Hampshire has to offer.

Admissions

  • New Hampshire
  • Federal District Court – New Hampshire
  • Massachusetts (pending)

Involvement

  • New Hampshire Bar Association – Environmental and Natural Resources Section, Chair (2024-present), (2018-2019), Vice Chair (2017-2018)
  • Environmental Business Council of New England (EBCNE), Member (Leadership Team, Ascending Professionals Committee); (New Hampshire Chapter Committee)
  • Town of New London, NH Energy Committee – Member (March 2019-present)
  • Youth Lacrosse Coach for the New London Outing Club

Recognitions

Awards

  • Best Lawyers in America (Administrative / Regulatory Law; Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental) 2024 – present
  • Best Lawyers in America: Lawyer of the Year (Environmental Law), 2024
  • Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch (Administrative / Regulatory Law; Environmental Law), 2021 – 2023

Representative Work

  • Challenging agency rulemaking and obtaining an injunction of New Hampshire’s maximum contaminant levels (MCL) for certain PFAS.
  • Defending against products liability and toxic tort claims related to alleged natural environmental contamination resulting from PFAS in both federal and State court.
  • Successfully resolved Clean Water Act citizen suit involving range of alleged violations through federal court mediation.
  • Successfully represented a major solid waste company before the New Hampshire Waste Management Council and before the New Hampshire Supreme Court to uphold issuance of a Solid Waste Facility Permit.
  • Successfully briefed and argued motion to dismiss involving petition before the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission alleging federal PURPA and State LEEPA claims on behalf of municipal electric utility.
  • Represented regional electric utilities and energy project developers before the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee
  • Successfully negotiated settlement with United State Environmental Protection Agency of alleged RCRA violations.
  • Successfully negotiated settlements involving alleged hazardous waste violations in State enforcement cases.
  • Advised range of commercial real estate clients do address environmental due diligence matters and secure protections from environmental liabilities.