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Andrew B. Robins
Shareholder
Mr. Robins uses his wide range of experience to counsel clients in regulatory compliance, cost recovery litigation, redevelopment, Brownfields, transaction negotiation and risk analysis. His broad background includes environmental and brownfield redevelopment matters involving solid and hazardous waste regulations, ISRA/ECRA, CAFRA, voluntary cleanups, medical waste regulations, wetlands regulations, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, underground storage tanks (USTs), stream encroachment (flood plain) regulations, waterfront development, Pinelands and CERCLA (Superfund) as well as Land Use approval matters and related transactions and litigation.
Mr. Robins negotiates transaction agreements and identifies and works to minimize risks associated with environmental matters. He obtains necessary approvals and permits, defends against governmental and citizen group enforcement actions, pursues cost recovery in litigation, and challenges improper governmental actions and regulations.
Articles/Publications
Flood of Proposed DEP Regulations
Site Remediation Legislative Stakeholder Process Explores Potentially Dramatic Changes That Can Stop Brownfield Redevelopment
"NJBA Obtains Clarification of PRED Registration Requirements for Environmental Remediation Sites" Dimensions
"DEP Preparing "Deficiency" Notices For Hundreds of SRP Cases"
"New Jersey Limits Brownfield Reimbursement" Dimensions
"Natural Resource Protection Legislation Signed"
"UST Owners and Operators Should Start Planning for NJDEP's Proposed Financial Responsibility Requirements"
Professional Activities
Member of the American Bar Association, SONREEL (Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law)
Member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Environmental and Land Use Sections
Member of the National Brownfield Association
Member of the New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA)
Member of the Shore Builders Association of Central New Jersey
Member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
Member of the NJDEP Site Remediation Advisory Group
Member of the NJDEP SRP Legislative Reform Stakeholder Group
Honors/Awards
Recipient of Chairman's Award, New Jersey Builders Association Redevelopment and Brownfields Committee
Recipient of Presidents' Award, NJ-NAIOP Regulatory Committee
Associates Hall of Fame - New Jersey Builders Association
Seminars/Presentations
"Myths and Realities about Engineering and Institutional Controls," Tri-State Best Practices in Brownfield Redevelopment Conference: Myths and Realities, sponsored by the National Brownfield Association at New York Law School, June 15, 2007
"PREDFDA Registration Process Relating to Sites Involving Remediation," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 20, 2007
"Politics of Redevelopment," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 19, 2007
"Brownfield Remediation-Reality Check," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 19, 2007
"Brownfields-Landfills and More," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 28, 2006
Other Professional and Personal Information
Mr. Robins is often invited to speak on and author articles and treatise sections on cost recovery, "brownfields" redevelopment, ISRA/ECRA, voluntary cleanups, underground storage tanks, medical waste regulation, wetlands regulation, permit acquisition and air pollution.
After law school, Mr. Robins was the Law Clerk to the Honorable Leo Yanoff, J.S.C., where he provided assistance for all aspects of trial court docket involving a wide range of civil disputes, including those arising from Montclair/orange radon contamination, Newark dioxin contamination, Arlington Warehouse Fire spill fund case, as well as cases arising from the Achille Lauro affair and the Hoffman-LaRoche age discrimination cases.
While at Rutgers University School of Law, he was a Member of the Moot Court Board, the Moot Court Competition Committee and clerked with the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.
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