Background
Rothberg, Debra L. was born on July 18, 1958 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
Rothberg, Debra L. was born on July 18, 1958 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
New York University (Bachelor of Arts, 1980. Juris Doctor, 1986); Columbia University (Master of Arts, 1983).
Worked at Periconi & Rothberg, Professional Corporation (New York, New York) specializing in Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1987, New Jersey and New New York 1988, District of Columbia.
Phi Beta Kappa.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Research Fellowship. Author: "The Benefits of Participating in Voluntary Cleanups," The New York Environmental Law Report, November 1995. Company-Author, "Environmental Law and Regulation" in New York (West 1996).
Lecturer: Tax Valuation of Real Property Contaminated by Hazardous Wastes.
CERCLA-ROD Amendments. RCRA Land Ban Requirements.
CERCLA Lender Liability. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York
New York State (Member, Environmental Law Section) and American (Member, Natural Resources Section) Bar Associations.
The firm practices exclusively in all areas of environmental law primarily in New York and New Jersey, including litigation as well as administrative matters involving regulatory, compliance and enforcement issues. Specialties include private cost recovery and contribution claims, brownfields redevelopment/voluntary cleanup projects, pollution prevention projects to set off fines in enforcement cases, and multi-party Superfund actions. Our clients are blue-chip Fortune 500 industrial and service clients, major banks and significant regional real estate interests, as well as smaller companies and individuals.
We also serve as local counsel to out-of-state firms and special counsel to major law firms without a significant environmental law group.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York New York State (Member, Environmental Law Section) and American (Member, Natural Resources Section) Bar Associations.