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E. Gail Suchman has over 25 years of experience in all facets of environmental and energy law and policy. She also teaches at Columbia Law School, Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, and is senior legal advisor to the Urban Design Lab for Sustainable Development at Columbia's Earth Institute. Prior to joining Stroock in 2007, Ms. Suchman was the managing attorney for the New York City office of Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C. Her practice includes permitting and compliance, transactional due diligence, litigation, and legislative matters. Recently, Ms. Suchman has emerged as a leading practitioner on issues relating to climate change and carbon emissions. She works closely with real estate and industrial developers on traditional environmental and land use matters, as well as community outreach and green design, and advises on socially responsible investment.
Ms. Suchman began her legal career as an enforcement attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, in Chicago. She spent over ten years as an assistant attorney general in the Environmental Protection Bureau at the New York State Attorney General's office and served for three years as regional director for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. For six years, as senior environmental counsel for New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Ms. Suchman represented communities in litigation and transactional matters involving solid waste management, energy, brownfields and environmental justice. She co-authored Brownfields Basics: A Guide to Rebuilding Our Communities and has assisted in drafting brownfields legislation in several states. Ms. Suchman has also been involved in drafting efforts to revive and amend New York State's now expired power plant siting legislation. In 2003, she was invited to South Africa to advise the government on legislative, regulatory and enforcement matters.
Honors and Awards
- Recognized by Chambers USA as Top National Lawyer in Climate Change and Environmental Law (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012)
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Environmental Justice Advisory Group (2005 – present)
- New York City Mayor’s Task Force on Energy Policy (2003 – present)
- Lower Manhattan Development Corporation’s Environmental Advisory Committee on World Trade Center Redevelopment (2002-2003)
- Senior Specialist, Fulbright Scholarship Board/Council for International Exchange of Scholars (2003-2008)
- Wasserstein Public Interest Law Fellow, Harvard Law School (2000)
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- Member, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section, American Bar Association
- Member, Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development
- Member, Environmental Law Section, New York State Bar Association
- Member, Executive Committee
- Member, New York City Bar Association
- Legislative Liaison, Energy Committee
- Member, Special Task Force on Downtown Redevelopment
- Chair, Environmental Subcommittee
- Board of Directors, Environmental Advocates of New York
- Member, Law Committee, Municipal Arts Society
- Member, Environment Section, New York Academy of Sciences
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Recently taught or delivered academic or professional lectures to myriad graduate and environmental audiences at: | | |
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- Albany Law School
- American Water Resources Association International Congress
- Bronx Chamber of Commerce Women of Distinction Lunch
- Columbia University (including the Earth Institute)
- École De Formation Professionnelle Des Barreaux de la Cour d’Appel (Paris)
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Fordham University
- Harvard University
- Legal Resources Centre (Durban, South Africa)
- Municipal Arts Society
- New York Academy of Sciences
- New York City Bar Association
- New York County Lawyers Association
- New York State Bar Association
- New York University
- Platts Annual Carbon Trading Conference
- Pratt Institute
- Save the Sound Annual Conference
- St. John’s University
- Syracuse University College of Law
- Tew Cardenas Executive Retreat
- University of Cape Town (South Africa)
- University of Rome (Italy)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Forum
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- Co-author, “The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009: An Overview of its Cap-and-Trade Provisions,” New York Law Journal, May 4, 2009
- Co-author, “EPA’s Proposed Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases,” Stroock Special Bulletin, April 22, 2009
- Co-author, “New City Procedures Assist Developers, Owners and the Environment,” Stroock Special Bulletin, April 2, 2009
- Co-author, “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: An Overview of its Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Provisions,” Stroock Special Bulletin, February 17, 2009
- Co-author, “The Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008: Investing in the Green Economy Through Renewable Energy Tax Credits, Tax-Exempt Bonds and Green Building Incentives,” Stroock Special Bulletin, November 26, 2008
- Co-author, “The Sprint for Independence,” Asset Securitization Report, October 20, 2008
- Co-author, “Carbon Due Diligence: What Is It And Why Do It?” Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal, Summer 2008
- Chapter Co-author, “Controlling Residential Exposure,” The Law of Environmental Justice (ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Second Edition), 2008
- Chapter author, “Environmental Regulations and Liabilities of Real Estate Investment Trusts,” Real Estate Investment Trusts (Thomson West, updated annually), 2008
- “New York State Brownfields Law Modified by Legislature,” Stroock Special Bulletin, July 1, 2008;
- Co-author, Stroock’s Guide to Greenhouse Gas Regulation, July 2008 (and previous editions)
- “The Greening of Hotels,” Stroock Hospitality Industry Practice Group Newsletter, Fall 2007
- Co-author, “State and Regional Initiatives: Inconsistencies Call for Federal Regulation,” New York Law Journal, September 24, 2007
- “Power-Plant-Siting: Efforts to Amend Article X Fail,” New York Law Journal, August 8, 2007
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U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court |
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| J.D., Boston College Law School, 1979 |
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| B.S.E.E., Northwestern University, 1976 |
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