Directory of fellows
Robert P. Cheney
Manchester,
New Hampshire
Region 1 CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT
Environmental Law Topic
Degrees
- Cornell University BA Ancient History 1974
- University of San Diego JD 1980
Admissions
- New Hampshire
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- USDC District of Columbia
- US Courts of Appeals for the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and D.C. Circuits
Professional Societies and Organizations
- -ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, former Chair
- -Center for Public Resources, Panel of Neutrals for Environmental Matters
- -Columbia Law School, Environmental Advisory Committee
- -District of Columbia Bar former chair of the Council of Sections and Environment Committee
Illustrative Projects
- -Advice and representation in litigation concerning environmental liabilities of buyers and sellers under agreements for the sale and purchase of manufacturing facilities.
- -Serving as a mediator and arbitrator in disputes concerning environmental matters.
- -Advice to a lender concerning potential environmental issues at facilities subject to a security interest.
- -Representation of clients challenging EPA interstate ozone transport regulations.
- -Representation of a client in a multi-Region EPA enforcement investigation of water and waste disposal issues at numerous facilities including negotiation of consent decrees.
- -Representing a manufacturing company in a citizen suit alleging Clean Water Act permit violations.
- -Representing a pharmaceutical company in a criminal investigation of water compliance issues.
- -Advice, agency proceedings, and enforcement and permit litigation for a petroleum refiner concerning several refineries including negotiation of new source review consent decrees.
- -Advice, litigation and agency proceedings concerning CERCLA and state cleanup and NRD claims at several former mining sites in the U.S. and Canada.