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Michael J. Gross
Shareholder
Mr. Gross, chair of the Environmental Law Practice Area, handles all aspects of New Jersey and federal environmental law, including permitting and litigation, CAFRA, stream encroachment, sewage disposal, wetlands, riparian (tidelands) law, solid waste, siting of energy and other industrial facilities, site remediation, Pinelands, Highlands, cultural resources, stormwater, wastewater planning, water and air pollution. Mr. Gross also appears before planning and zoning boards.
Mr. Gross is environmental counsel to the New Jersey Builders Association and general counsel to the Shore Builders Association of Central New Jersey. The Environmental Law Department authored the environmental law section of The New Jersey Land Use and Environmental Law Treatise and Mr. Gross co-authors the New Jersey Water Law Survey updates to the Waters and Water Rights Treatise.
He has been involved in major litigation both before the New Jersey courts and the Office of Administrative Law and has argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court and Appellate Division. Mr. Gross has served as an expert witness in cases before the New Jersey Superior Court and the U.S. District Court.
Articles/Publications
"Highlands 'Grandfather' Exemption" Dimensions
"Grandfathering" under the New Flood Hazard Rules
"DEP's Settlement Discretion Scrutinized" New Jersey Law Journal
"Highlands Regional Master Plan Comment Period Extended"
"DEP Limits Development Opportunities In Disturbed C-1 Buffers" Dimensions
"COAH 3rd Round Regulations Overturned"
"COAH's 3rd Round Regulations- Navigating the COAH Objection Process"
"DEP's Proposed Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules Could Have A Devastating Effect on Home Building" Dimensions
"Recording Act Takes Precedence Over CAFRA" New Jersey Law Journal
Professional Activities
Member of the American Bar Association
Member of the New Jersey State Bar Association
Member of the National Association of Home Builders Legal Action Network for Development Strategies (LANDS)
Member of the Legal Action Committee of the National Association of Home Builders
Member of the New Jersey Builders Association
Member of the Shore Builders Association of Central New Jersey
Member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
Press Mentions
"Meet The Real Estate Lawyers" Real Estate NJ
"Ten Leaders in New Jersey Environmental Law: Michael J. Gross" Digital Press International
Honors/Awards
AV®Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Ranked 1 in Chambers USA under Environmental Law
Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America
Named as a New Jersey Super Lawyer
Life Member in Who's Who National Registry.
Named one of the "Ten Leaders in New Jersey Environmental Law" for 2003-2004 by Digital Press International
Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in American Law
Listed in Madison Who's Who of Executives and Professionals
Seminars/Presentations
"Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Place to Build," sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, June 12, 2007
"Flood Hazard Rules-Will They Drown Development?" Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 20, 2007
"Annual Environmental Review," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 19, 2007
"Case Studies-Ways to Comply with 'Smart Growth/No Growth Regulations'," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 18, 2007
"Builders & Developers, Are You Ready for 2007?" sponsored by Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla and Schoor DePalma, March 2, 2007.
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