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Robert D. Cox Jr
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Biography
Bob Cox counsels clients on environmental compliance and enforcement actions. He represents clients with respect to water, air, hazardous waste, and solid waste matters before the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and local regulatory boards. He has significant experience in NPDES water permitting, including appeals of NPDES permits to the Environmental Appeals Board, as well as administrative appeals and hearings on MassDEP issued permits. He defends claims and actions brought by government environmental enforcement agencies.
He also represents clients in cost recovery claims and private party litigation under Chapter 21E and CERCLA in state and federal courts. He regularly advises clients on brownfields development activities and on strategies to limit or shift environmental liability risks in connection with real estate or business transfers.
Bob is recognized as one of the top environmental lawyers in Massachusetts by Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business. He has been selected by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in America in the practice Area of Environmental Law and Litigation - Environmental, since 2004, he has been selected for inclusion in Massachusetts Super Lawyers.
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Administrative Law
5%
40 years
Land Use and Zoning
5%
40 years
State, Local, and Municipal Law
5%
40 years
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Licensed in Massachusetts for 40 years
State: Massachusetts
Acquired: 1985
No misconduct found
Location
Bowditch & Dewey, LLP
311 Main Street, P.O. Box 15156, Worcester, MA, 01615-0156
Bowditch & Dewey, LLP
One International Place, Suite 4410, Boston, MA, 02110-2602
Bowditch & Dewey, LLP
175 Crossing Boulevard, Suite 500, Framingham, MA, 01702
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Experience
Honors
2016
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
2016
Most Notable, Chambers USA
2015
Leading Individual, Chambers USA
2015
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
2014
Leading Individual, Chambers USA
2014
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
2013
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
2012
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
2012
Super Lawyer, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
2011
Super Lawyer, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
2010
Super Lawyer, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
2009
Super Lawyer, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
2008
Super Lawyer, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
2007
Super Lawyer, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
2006
Super Lawyer, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
2005
Super Lawyer, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
2004
Super Lawyer, Massachusetts Super Lawyers
Associations
Environmental Business Council of New England
Board Member
Mayor's Brownfields Task Force, City of Worcester
Chair
Conservation Commission, Town of Webster
Member
Worcester County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
Former Chair
Worcester County Bar Association, Executive Committee
Former Member
Massachusetts Bar Association, Property Law Section Counsel
Former Member
Boston Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
Former Co-Chair, Clean Air Committee
MCLE Real Estate and Environmental Curriculum Advisory Committee
Former Member
Massachusetts Audobon Society, Worcester Advisory Board
Member and Former Chair
Rutland Conservancy, Inc.
Clerk
Advisory Committee on NPDES Authorization in Massachusetts
Member
2003 - 2004
Worcester County Bar Association, Bar Day ProgramCo-Chair
1998 - 2002
By-Law Study Subcommittee, Town of RutlandMember and Vice Chairman
1989 - 2004
OakhamTown Counsel
1987 - 2002
Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of RutlandMember and Vice Chairman
Education
1985
Suffolk University Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
1980
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2016
Environmental Business Council's Evening Program
Board Member Thought Leaders
2015
Water Resources Committee Meeting
EPA's Draft MS4 Permit: Challenges to EPA's Legal Authority?
2015
Licensed Site Professionals Association
The New MCP for Everyone
2015
Environmental Business Council Program
Environmental Business Council Program
2014
Licensed Site Professionals Association Membership Meeting
LNAPL and VI Sites: Using AULs for Site Closure Under the New MCP
2013
Massachusetts Coalition for Water Resources Stewardship 4th Annual Clean Water Resources Symposium
Clean Water Resource Strategies
2013
LSPA Membership Meeting
The Crisis for Soil Management for Development Projects in Massachusetts
Publications
2016
Banker & Tradesman
MassDEP Should Run the NPDES Program
2015
Corporate Counsel
D&O Insurance for Environmental Liability Exposures
2015
Banker & Tradesman
Why We Rarely Hear About New Superfund Sites
2015
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Cleanup at WRTA Site it Right
Languages
English