Mike’s practice focuses on contaminated site remediation, and cost recovery, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) and its Massachusetts counterpart, the Massachusetts Oil and Hazardous Material Release Prevention and Response Act (Ch. 21E). He advises groups of potentially responsible parties (PRPs), project developers, manufacturers, utility companies, and municipalities regarding environmental due diligence, cleanup strategy, cost allocation, and settlement negotiations. Mike leads B&D teams on many aspects of the Portland Harbor (Portland, OR), Berry’s Creek (Carlstadt, NJ), and Lower Neponset River (Boston, MA) Superfund Sites, and counsels clients about recently listed and emerging Superfund sites. His capabilities also include defending clients against government enforcement actions under a variety of state and federal environmental laws. In addition to his hazardous waste and contamination practice, Mike has experience in Massachusetts land use law, litigation, noise and odor regulations, and complex insurance coverage disputes.

Mike takes care to learn his clients’ industries, business goals, and obstacles. He strives to understand the unique challenges that every client faces – whether those are legal, technical, financial, or something else entirely. These efforts lead to positive, long-term results for his clients.

Mike also maintains a commitment to pro bono service, assisting individual and non-profit clients in land conservation, housing, and immigration matters, and created an environmental mock trial program in partnership with Boston Public Schools.

Prior to law school, Mike was a wildlife technician in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana and Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, where he used radio telemetry and other field research methods to track the movement and habitat selection of ocean and coastal bird species, and bobwhite quail.