Barry P. Fogel is a partner at Keegan Werlin, and became the initial member of its Environmental and Land Use Group. Mr. Fogel's clients include a wide variety of businesses, institutions, municipalities and individuals engaged in real estate transactions, land use development, and permit and enforcement proceedings involving compliance with federal, state and local environmental regulations. A major portion of his practice involves working with clients and their consultants to guide proposals for new or modified projects through all levels of environmental impact review and permitting, including major energy and infrastructure projects, industrial and commercial facilities, and other land uses and Brownfield developments that require approvals for waste discharges, air emissions, waste-site remediation, and resolution of liability disputes. Mr. Fogel has extensive experience with construction projects that require permits and licenses for activities in and near inland and coastal wetlands and other protected resource areas. He also regularly manages cases involving administrative appeals, resolution of enforcement notices, and civil disputes involving litigation and mediation.

Before joining the firm in 1991, Mr. Fogel worked for six years as a Deputy General Counsel and Regional Director with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, and before that he served as Counsel to the District of Columbia City Council's Committee on Transportation and Environmental Affairs. Prior to receiving his Juris Doctor from American University in Washington, DC, Mr. Fogel obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Mr. Fogel is admitted to practice before the bars of Massachusetts, the District of Columbia, and the First Circuit United States Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Boston Bar Association's Environmental Law Section and the Massachusetts Bar Association's Property Law Section.

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Environmental Law
Litigation & Appeals
Administrative Law

BAR ADMISSIONS
Massachusetts, 1982
District of Columbia, 1983
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1986

EDUCATION
American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1982
J.D.

Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1976
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Major: Geology/Earth Sciences

CLASSES/SEMINARS TAUGHT
Environmental Science for Lawyers, Boston Bar Association, 1998
Chapter 21E and Real Estate Transactions, Boston Bar Association, 1996

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Boston Bar Association Environmental Law Section, 1984 - Present
Member
Boston Bar Association Property Law Section, 1995 - Present
Member

PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Regional Director, 1986 - 1989
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Deputy General Counsel, 1984 - 1986
District of Columbia City Council, Committee on Transportation and Environment, Counsel, 1982 - 1984

RO BONO ACTIVITIES

Massachusetts Environmental Justice Network, 1997 - 1999

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