Background
Bernstein, Norman W. was born in 1938.
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Norman W. Bernstein
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Columbia University School of Law (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1964).
Career
Argued: United States v. Alcan Aluminum Corporation, et al 964 F.2d 252 (3rd Circuit, 1992).Worked at North.W. Bernstein & Associates (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Environmental Law Practice including Litigation, Legislative and Lobbying Practice, Superfund Matters, Clean Water, Clean Air, Hazardous Waste and Environmental Risks Counseling. Admitted to the bar, 1964, New New York 1983, Michigan (Not admitted District of Columbia).
Member, Board of Editors, Columbia Law Review, 1963-1964.
Author: "The Enviro-Chem Settlement. Superfund Problem Solving," Environmental Law Reporter, December, 1983.
To Clean Up Landfills, The Leader Should Be Municipalities Using Economic Incentives to Settle, Environmental Law Reporter, January, 1989. Superfund Reform Needs Drastic Simplification, Environmental Law Reporter, January, 1995.
Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University Law School, Torts, 1987.
Guest Lecturer on Hazardous Waste Site Matters: Yale Law School, 1985. Wayne State University Law School, 1986. University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1986.
Faculty Member, The Practicing Law Institute"s 1988 Conference on Hazardous Waste Litigation.
Coordinator, New York Landfills Litigation Settlement Group, 1987-1988. Associate Counsel, Ford Motor Company, 1979-1988.
President, Columbia Club of Michigan, 1980-1983. Member: State Bar of Michigan.
American Bar Association.
The law firm of North.W. Bernstein & Associates provides counseling on a range of business activities involving potential environmental risks. The firm has developed structural mechanisms that venture capital firms can use to control investors" environmental risksthereby facilitating investment in environmentally sensitive businesses. The firm regularly advises during business acquisitions so as to control the environmental risks assumed.
The firm has helped major manufacturers establish internal management and compliance systems to minimize risks under governmental enforcement policies.
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Member, Board of Editors, Columbia Law Review, 1963-1964.
