Ned is a 1989 graduate of Vermont Law School, where he received a J.D. and a Masters of Studies of Environmental Law. He has practiced environmental law for 18 years, emphasizing compliance counseling, site remediation, water, wetland and stormwater regulation, and land use. Ned regularly advises clients regarding environmental due diligence and liability allocation in real estate and corporate transactions; defense of government and private party lead enforcement actions and enforcement of environmental contractual rights against third parties; development and redevelopment of environmentally sensitive and contaminated properties, including Brownfields; indoor air quality; and siting and permitting of complex projects and utilities.

He is a past co-chair of the Environmental Law Section of the Milwaukee Bar Association; past Village Trustee and current member of the Board of Zoning Appeals for the Village of Bayside, Wisconsin; and a past member of the Board of Directors for the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, Bayside, Wisconsin. Ned is a current member of the Vermont Law School Dean’s Leadership Circle. He frequently speaks on environmental regulation topics at professional seminars and classes throughout the country. Ned has authored or co-authored more than twenty-five articles on environmental topics.

Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP’s environmental law practice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ned has an AV Peer Review rating and is listed in “The Best Lawyers in America,” (2006, 2007) which reflects peer review surveys by attorneys across the country of other lawyers in their specialties. ENVIRONMENTAL