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Brian Crossman is a member of the firm's public law department. Prior to joining Meyers Nave, he interned with the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice, where his work included research for attorneys in enforcement and defense sections, advice on transporter liability under Superfund law and research for a case challenging the Department of Interior's acquisition of land on behalf of the Sioux tribe. Brian also served as a civil litigation intern for Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau, where he assisted low-income claimants with disability claims, eviction actions and divorce and custody issues.Brian's note entitled "Resurrecting Environmental Justice: Enforcement of EPA's Disparate-Impact Regulations through Clean Air Act Citizen Suits" was published in 2005 in the Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review. He has also written a section entitled "The Use-Value Distinction in Regulatory Takings Law: Which Property Interest is Protected by the Constitution?," published in 2003 in Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society: 2003-2004 Teacher's Manual Update.Brian received his J.D. from Boston College Law School. During law school, he wrote and published an analysis of Supreme Court regulatory takings jurisprudence and wrote updates to chapters for Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society casebook, incorporating recent legal decisions and developments in various aspects of environmental law. He was also the managing editor for the Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review. He received his B.A. degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Pomona College. His senior thesis entitled, "Making Sense of the Taking Clause: Cleaning Up the Supreme Court's Mess," won the Mary Ford Bacon Prize in Politics. | 