Barry P. Fogel is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP and became the initial member of its Environmental, Municipal 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 Mr. Fogel’s 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.
Previous to 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.
Mr. Fogel is also an active teacher, having instructed the Administrative Agency Advocacy Workshop: MCLE; and Environmental Science for Lawyers, Boston Bar Association.
Attorney Information
Boston Office
Phone: 617-951-1400
Fax: 617-951-1354
Email:
AREAS OF PRACTICE
● Environmental Law
● Administrative Law
● Litigation & Appeals
BAR ADMISSIONS
● U.S. District Court, District of MA, 2008
● U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1986
● District of Columbia, 1983
● Massachusetts, 1982
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
● Verrill Farms, LLC v. Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company, 86 Mass.App.Ct. 577 (2014)
● Ten Persons of the Commonwealth et al. v. Fellsway Development LLC et als., 460 Mass. 366 (2011)
● Brockton Power Company LLC vs. City of Brockton & others, Appeals Court Docket No. 2012-P-214, Memorandum and Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28; by the Court (Kantrowitz, Sikora & Sullivan, JJ.), November 21, 2012
● Conservation Commission of Brockton vs. Department of Environmental Protection & another, Appeals Court Docket No. 2011-P-766 (April 19, 2012)
● Brockton Power Company, LLC v. Planning Bd. of City of Brockton, 2011 WL 3655178 (Mass.Land Ct.), August 19, 2011
MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
● Boston Bar Association Environmental Law Section, 1984 - Present
PRO BONO ACTIVITIES
● Massachusetts Environmental Justice Network, 1997 - 1999
EDUCATION
● American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., J.D., 1982
● Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, B.A., Geology and Earth Sciences, 1976