Paul M Schmidt

Paul M. Schmidt is a Principal in the Environmental Practice Group at Post & Schell, P.C.. He provides legal services to a wide range of clients in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and across the country.

For real estate clients, Mr. Schmidt advises on developing brownfields, conducting environmental due diligence, obtaining funding, cleaning up contamination and addressing numerous other issues, such as storm water runoff, sewage facilities, wetlands, asbestos and mold. He also represents clients on permitting and compliance issues in industrial operations, including waste, water quality, air, oil and gas drilling, pipelines, CNG stations, storage tanks and radiation.

In addition, Mr. Schmidt represents clients in property damage, personal injury, cleanup cost-recovery, and other litigation. He has appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, the Superior Court of New Jersey in most counties, the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board, and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Schmidt counseled the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (PA DEP) Water Management, Sewage Facilities, Storage Tanks, Waste Management and Environmental Cleanup Programs. Prior to joining PA DEP, he was a Colorado Assistant Attorney General, assisting the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on cutting-edge Superfund risk assessment, remediation and enforcement activities for major Superfund sites, including the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant and several mining sites.

Mr. Schmidt received his law degree and Certificate of Environmental Law from Pace University School of Law where he served as Managing Editor of the Pace Environmental Law Review. He received a B.S. in Biology from Kent State University and spent several years with environmental and industrial hygiene consulting firms before attending law school. Mr. Schmidt is a member of the board of the Eastern Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Transportation and a member of the board of the Philadelphia Traffic Club. He previously served as Chair of the Environmental Advisory Commission of Springfield Township in Montgomery County, as Co-Chair of the Sustainable Land Use Subcommittee of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Real Property Section, and as member of the board of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council's Advocacy Committee.