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Nicholas Adams Robinson
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law Emeritus; University Professor for the Environment
(914) 631-7028 (work)
(845) 490-3228 (mobile)
Sleepy Hollow,
New York
Region 2 NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 8 federally recognized Indian Nations
ACOEL Committees
Degrees
- A.B. cum laude Brown University 1967
- J.D. cum laude Columbia University 1970
Admissions
- New York
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Ohio
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Professional Societies and Organizations
- American College of Environmental Lawyers
- American Bar Association
- NYS Bar Association (former chair, Environment and Energy Law Section)
- World Commission on Environmental Law (former Chair)
- International Council of Environmental Law (former Executive Governor)
Other Environmental Career Experience
- General Counsel & Deputy Commissioner, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (1983-85)
- Legal Advisor, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Illustrative Projects
- PRP representation at over 100 National Priority List sites.
- Representation in negotiating and obtaining initial and renewal NPDES and Clean Air Act Title V permits.
- Purchase, sale and financing of industrial companies and their properties.
- Comments on proposed water quality standards, water quality criteria, effluent guidelines, drinking water standards, state implementation plans, OSHA hazardous air contaminant standards, IARC and ATSDR guidelines and EU and UK standards.
Citations of Major Published Cases
- Republic Steel Corp. v. Train, 557 F.2d 91(Sixth Cir. ) vacated and remanded, 434 U.S. 1030, 581 F.2d 1228 (Sixth Cir. 1978 ) on remand, cert. denied, 440 U.S. 909 (1979)
- Consolidation Coal Co. et al. v. Costle, 604 F.2d 239 (4th Cir. 1979), rev. 449 U.S. 64 (1980).
- U.S. v. Diamond Shamrock Co. 17 Env. Rptr. Cases 1329 (N.D. Oh. 1981).
- U.S. v. Westinghouse Corp. 22 Env. Rptr. Cases 1231 (S.D. Ind. 1983).
- New York v. EPA, 852 F. 2d 574 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied 109 U.S. 1338 (1988).
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