NJ Environmental Litigation Lawyers – Drinking Water Litigation, Brownfields Redevelopment, Historical Preservation, Community Association Representation, Community Objector Work, MTBE Contamination, Mercury Contamination, Leaking Underground Storage Tanks and Toxic Tort. Lieberman & Blecher is a Princeton, NJ environmental law firm practicing Toxic Tort Litigation, Environmental Justice, and New Jersey Historic Preservation.
 
Environmental Attorneys in Princeton, NJ specializing in tort cases, MTBE contamination, Mercury Exposure and Leaking Underground Storage Tanks. Princeton Environmental Attorneys with New Jersey Historic Preservation experience as well as Community Association Representation and Community Objector Work. New Jersey Environmental Litigation dealing with toxic tort, drinking water litigation and mercury contamination. Princeton Environmental Attorneys litigating Browfields Redevelopment, Underground Storage Tanks and MTBE Contamination. Lieberman & Blecher delivers results in NJ litigation dealing with toxic tort litigation, mercury exposure and drinking water litigation. Princeton Environmental Attorneys litigating against MTBE and Toxic Tort. Princeton Environmental Lawyers specializing in Community Objector Work (including Cell Tower Opposition), Community Association Representation, Brownfields Redevelopment and Mercury Exposure. NJ Environmental Lawyers specializing in Community Objector Work (including Cell Tower Opposition), Community Association Representation, Brownfields Redevelopment and Mercury Exposure. NJ Environmental Lawyers specializing in Community Objector Work (including Cell Tower Opposition), Community Association Representation, Brownfields Redevelopment and Mercury Exposure.  
 
 

New Jersey environmental litigation lawyers specializing in all matters of environmental law.


Princeton Environmental Lawyers - Services Index


Assuring Equal Beach Access

Lieberman & Blecher is working to ensure that Cape May County residents have access to Diamond Beach, by enforcing the Public Trust Doctrine.
articlearrow.gif May 20, 2004: A New Jersey Appeals Court calls for reasonable beach access. Read the opinion of the court here.
articlearrow.gif Philadelphia Inquirer article 1 and article 2.
articlearrow.gif Read a New York Times Article about our continued fight for Beach Access for a Cape May County community
articlearrow.gif Lieberman & Blecher represents a group of shore property owners before the New Jersey Supreme Court.
 


Billboard Opposition

Our firm represents community groups against improper billboard proposals and zoning ordinances.
articlearrow.gif Protesters celebrate demise of billboard plan
articlearrow.gif Billboard foes keep them out of sight
articlearrow.gif Board advises not to allow billboards
articlearrow.gif View a second article about the Mansfield Township Billboard challenge
articlearrow.gif Lieberman & Blecher Defeats Harmful Billboard Ordinance in Burlington County
 


Brownfields Redevelopment

BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT: Buying/selling contaminated property


COAH (Council on Affordable Housing) Challenges/Appeals

Lieberman & Blecher represents organizations with regard to municipal Fair Share Plans and other COAH issues.  The firm’s experience in practicing before municipal land use boards and various state and federal agencies lend to our ability to effectively represent our clients’ interest in COAH proceedings.
articlearrow.gif Lieberman & Blecher Files Suit in Federal Court Against Millstone Borough for Its Blocking of Development
12/09/06 Update on the Franklin Township COAH Plan
articlearrow.gif Read a recent article authored by Lieberman & Blecher regarding the importance of reviewing environmental constraints when considering affordable housing plans.
articlearrow.gif An update on the Franklin Township Housing Plan as of 2/9/06.
articlearrow.gif The Courier News reports on the February 8, 2006 Planning Board Meeting on Franklin Townships COAH plan
articlearrow.gif Residents sue to reverse project approval. Franklin Twp. council accused of illegal vote on big development.
articlearrow.gif Click here to read about a COAH challenge in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey where a community organizations filed suit against the municipality for improperly adopting a Fair Share Plan.
 

Community Association Representation
 


Community/Citizen Group & Non-Profit Organization Representation

Lieberman & Blecher represents many community/citizen groups and non-profit organizations in local and regional land use, zoning, planning and environmental matters. These efforts may include participation in planning or zoning board hearings, initiation of administrative challenges, as well as the filing of state or federal lawsuits. 
articlearrow.gif L&B Represents Neighborhood That Opposes Industrial Recycling Facility Within Community
articlearrow.gif Stuart Lieberman represents Save Hamilton Open Space to solve flooding problems caused by noncompliant stormwater-management plan by developer.
articlearrow.gif Read About Stuart Lieberman’s Galloway Twp. Triumph in the Atlantic City Press
articlearrow.gif Stuart Lieberman Wins for Save Hamilton Open Space against Hamilton Twp. Planning Board in Appellate Division—Read the Decision Here
articlearrow.gif Read About the Cell Tower That Was Planned for Rutherford --Before Lieberman & Blecher Helped Kill It.
articlearrow.gif Lieberman & Blecher Retained to Oppose Hillsborough 1500 Unit Age-Restricted Mega Project
articlearrow.gif Local officials questioned by prosecutor's office
articlearrow.gif Stuart Lieberman Hired to Oppose a Temple Proposed in Franklin Township
articlearrow.gif Read About a DOT Official's Arrest Relating to Lieberman & Blecher's Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge Case
articlearrow.gif Lieberman & Blecher represents Bergen County Coalition that found that Teterboro Airport air quality is unhealthy
articlearrow.gif Development heading to court for hearing Sept. 18
articlearrow.gif Judge: Point Beach must maintain lake
Lawsuit ripples community lake
Decision delayed once again on North Bruns. farm's fate
Eagleswood backs state dredging of Westecunk Creek Residents fear location of material, noise
Stuart Lieberman Files Suit to Protect Historic Forney House in Milltown
Stuart Lieberman Files Suit Regarding Highlands-Sea Bright Route 36 Bridge
Group says bank threatens lawsuit
Worried about their wells
Warehouse foes fear contamination
Facing Angry Crowd, DOT Defends Decision To Replace Highlands Bridge
Citizens group hires law firm over drawbridge replacement
Attorneys seek state records on bridge project
Hamilton residents sue to halt strip mall
We are hired to stop inappropiate coastal dredging project.
Court date set in Meirs Road warehouse case
Failure to comply
Lawsuit reveals residents' deep dissatisfaction with shallow lake
Citizens sue borough over health of Lake of the Lillies
An Update on the Lake Grinnell Bridge Preservation
More information about the Lake Grinnell Bridge Preservation
Lieberman & Blecher successful in halting destruction of  historic bridge
Lieberman & Blecher wins victory before Peapack-Gladstone land use board and prevent construction of single-family golf cottages 
Lieberman & Blecher has been retained by a  group of Upper Freehold residents to oppose an inappropriate warehouse proposal. 
Lieberman & Blecher works with Somerset County-based Community Group to prevent conversion of golf course cottages to permanent single family homes. 
Lieberman & Blecher is experienced in opposing land use applications on behalf of citizens and organizations throughout New Jersey. Click here to read about a victory in Somerset County where we were successful in defeating a major development that was troubling to the community. 
Eminent Domain can be used to preserve property and fend off overdevelopment. 
Citizens in Somerset County pleased with Lieberman & Blecher's successful case before the Bernards Township Planning Board, opposing over development. 
The attorneys at Lieberman & Blecher represent the Sierra Club-New Jersey Chapter and residents of Old Bridge in opposing a mixed-use development that may threaten the local environment 
A behind the scenes look at an epic land use fight in Somerset County, NJ  
Our successful efforts to save a battlefield site from becoming a chain drug store location 
One challenge to a municipal spending proposal on the basis that it violates State public spending laws.
A challenge to a municipal Zoning Board for improperly granting a use variance.
Read more about the case in Howell 
Read about Lieberman & Blecher's work before the Bernards Township Planning Board. 
 


Environmental Compliance

6/19/2006 Hear Wall Street Journal Radio’s Gordon Deal interview Stuart Lieberman on the recent Supreme Court decision RAPANOS v. United States. This decision determines whether limits exist to the federal government’s authority to regulate Wetlands under the Clean Water Act, specifically in navigable waters.
Hear the interview
Lieberman & Blecher specializes in environmental land use issues, including the implementation of the Highlands Act, CAFRA, and the Pinelands Act. For an example of our firm's work in a Holland Township case, click here.
For an example of a preservation case in Bernards Township, which was recently upheld by the State Superior Court, click here
Regulatory Takings/Inverse Condemnation
WETLANDS: Regulation, Permitting, Litigation.
View the table of contents of the book "Wetlands 2001 Update
Read the latest about regulatory takings
Contamination Discovered on or Under Your Property
Sink Holes on Your Property
 


ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Administrative and judicial challenges.

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Administrative and judicial challenges.
 


Environmental Litigation

Judge Allows Chromium Clean Up Litigation In Jersey City To Move Forward
Lieberman & Blecher Sues Over Radon Gas Exposure in Lopatcong
Lawsuit blames backyard pile of problems on Princeton University
Petersburg couple demands state remediate high groundwater salt content
"Civil war" still raging over lake
Read About Our Law Suit Against New Jersey Natural Gas Regarding a Coal Tar Clean Up in Atlantic Highlands
Did the DOT miss a detail?
Fair Lawn noise dispute tabled again
$124M contract awarded for new Highlands bridge
Lawsuit ripples community lake
Eagleswood backs state dredging of Westecunk Creek Residents fear location of material, noise
   
Firm files suit over mercury contaminated day care center
Read more about our work on behalf of homeowners affected by intrusive vapors and contamination from leaking underground storage tanks
Central New Jersey and Southern New Jersey both plagued by contamination caused by major oil companies.
Environmental Claims, Pollution, Hazardous Substance Discharges, Contaminated Property, Property Value Diminution, Toxic Substance and Personal Injury Claims, Toxic Torts, Superfund and Spill Act Litigation, Insurance Coverage Disputes
Lieberman & Blecher represents individuals, small business, corporations, and municipalities in securing insurance funding to remediate contaminated property. Read more about the role of insurance by clicking here.
Contamination Discovered on or Under Your Property
Sink Holes on Your Property
 


Fertilizer

FERTILIZER: Use, abuse, exposure and illness.
 


HISTORIC PRESERVATION: Protecting our past.

$124M contract awarded for new Highlands bridge
Bank files suit in Forney House battle
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation recognizes Lieberman & Blecher's success in protecting a Revolutionary War Battlefield site in Edison, NJ.
 


Leaking Underground Storage Tanks

Lieberman & Blecher assists property owners and those affected by leaking underground storage tanks. Our firm handles tank leak problems for residential and commercial property owners on a routine basis. We can help you communicate with the Department of Environmental Protection, insurance carriers, and warranty issuers. Our firm has also been instrumental in obtaining cleanup funding through various grant and loan programs, enabling our clients to accomplish removal or remediation of leaking USTs in a cost-effective manner. We can also save a pending real estate transaction and if necessary, commence a lawsuit to protect a client's rights. When it comes to tank cases, our experience is unsurpassed
Read more about how leaking underground storage tanks can affect your home
Contamination Discovered on or Under Your Property
In the Region/ When Buying a House, Beware the Buried Oil Tank
Insuring Your Underground Storage Tanks
Sellers verbal assurances
 


MOLD: Exposure and sensitivity

Litigation and workers compensation claims.
 


Municipal Attorney Services

Lieberman & Blecher, P.C. serves as special counsel to numerous municipalities.  The services provided by our attorneys have varied from general counseling to extensive litigation on the state and federal levels.  In addition to addressing a municipalities special needs, the attorneys at Lieberman & Blecher are also qualified to fulfill the role of Municipal Attorney and address a governing body’s general legal needs
Lieberman & Blecher represents Bergen County Coalition that found that Teterboro Airport air quality is unhealthy
A legal loophole may prevent Meadowlands open space from being preserved.
Lieberman & Blecher assists the Borough of Carlstadt in challenging the proposed Xanadu development in the Meadowlands
Lieberman & Blecher retained by a North Jersey community to raise legal and land use challenges to a mega development in the New Jersey Meadowlands
 


Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY AND TOXIC MOLD LITIGATION
 


Noise Pollution

Fair Lawn noise dispute tabled again
NOISE POLLUTION: Nuisance and quality of life claims
Our litigation regarding noise and air pollution from Teterboro Airport
 


Nuisance Claims

How to Handle Your Noisy Neighbor
Healthier, more efficient wood burning stoves provide a better remodeling choice. Sometimes, the government will help pay for the upgrade.
Smoking Out Your Nasty Neighbor
A Neighborhood Exposed to Toxic Substance
Lieberman & Blecher represents New York homeowners troubled by a neighbor's septic tank. Read more here.
Neighbors Causing Flooding
Development at higher elevations causing flooding on your property?
 


Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)

Stuart Lieberman Hired to Oppose a Temple Proposed in Franklin Township
Another story on the tragic Bedmister Church Case
Read a recent updated column concerning this controversial issue
Learn how federal law relates to zoning issues and  houses of worshipFor more information, refer to this newspaper account which summarizes RLUIPA claims in New Jersey.
 


REAL ESTATE: COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL:

Lieberman & Blecher represents clients in both commercial and residential real estate transactions and is uniquely qualified to assist clients in addressing the environmental complications that sometimes affect their real estate transactions.
Read the article authored by Lieberman & Blecher regarding land use boards that fail to follow the rules face judicial reversals.
Read the article authored by Lieberman & Blecher regarding land use boards that fail to follow the rules face judicial reversals.
Test the Well
Builders And Insurers Are Placing "Mold Clauses" In Their Contracts
Electromagnetic Fields
Septic System Maintenance
When Your Septic System Fails...
Public Drinking Water vs. Private Wells
Contamination Discovered on or Under Your Property
Environmental  Disclosure Statements 
Sink Holes on Your Property
Pesticide Use Around the Home, Natural Pesticide Options
Freon vs. Puron Air Conditioning
Green Laws and Runoff Problems
 

Slapp Suit and Environmental Whistblower

Group says bank threatens lawsuit
SLAPP Suit
Environmental whistleblower cases.
 


Toxic Torts - Including Drinking Water Litigation

Lieberman & Blecher is co-council in massive drinking water case against DuPont.
Lieberman & Blecher prevail in application for class action certification against DuPont in large drinking water contamination case.
District Court Judge Renee Marie Bumb Grants Class Action Certification for up to 15,000 South Jersey Residents with drinking water contaminated with PFOA from DuPont.
Tainted water suit allowed to proceed
Worried about their wells
Warehouse foes fear contamination
Appellate court upholds Chevron responsibility for cleanup at gas station site
Gas station ordered to compensate couple
Lieberman & Blecher represent couple forced to flee home after they’re faced with MTBE contamination from nearby gas station.
Lieberman & Blecher serves as New Jersey counsel in a class action suit against Dupont relating to drinking water contamination.
Click here to review a recent journal article regarding the Dupont matter.
During the last century, we talked about how chemicals would enhance our lifestyles, as a result, we then stopped talking, and started producing. In this century, the focus is now on how these chemicals have entered our drinking water, and what we must do to reduce the risk. If you are interested in learning more, read an article written by attorney Stuart J. Lieberman entitled Benzene Can Make You Very Sick, Know The Risks And Reduce The Odds
New Jersey Legislators recently voted to ban the use of MTBE in the Garden State, but it was, and continues to be, a controversial issue. 
Representation in Water Contamination cases  
Lieberman & Blecher files a lawsuit on behalf of residents of a Sussex County, New Jersey town whose water has become contaminated with uranium 
One of our drinking water contamination cases against the big oil companies 
A dry well case 
Public water supply contaminated with uranium 
Lieberman & Blecher successfully reargues a motion before the Supreme Court of New York Appellate Division in toxic tort case involving 270+ Plaintiffs who were exposed to contaminated water. 
Test the Well
School Bus Emissions May Harm Children
Electromagnetic Fields
Public Drinking Water vs. Private Wells
Pesticide Use Around the Home,Natural Pesticide Options
 


We Fight Inappropriate Cell Tower Locations

Residents sue to block cell tower in Essex Fells
Residents oppose plan for two cellular towers
Cell tower opponents say property values will fall
FH Sets Cell Tower Height Demo
Cell tower foes set to fight
Another Cell Tower Bites The Dust
See another Liebermnan & Blecher cell tower case in Monmouth County
Opposing Cell Towers and Cell Antennas.
Community Groups Fight Against Cell Towers
Lieberman & Blecher represents homeowners opposed to the development of cell towers in residential neighborhoods.

 
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Are you buying a commercial property? Stuart Lieberman explains the importance of conducting an environmental due diligence investigation.
Complaint claims services are ‘loud’
Stuart Lieberman Named New Jersey Super Lawyer
Read Stuart Lieberman's blog - a discussion of enviro legal issues.
Read Lieberman & Blecher's Newsletter here!
Judge Allows Chromium Clean Up Litigation In Jersey City To Move Forward
New Jersey class action C8 suit can proceed
Graydon Pool is honored as one of NJ's 10 Most Endangered Historic Sites
Read About Stuart Lieberman's Galloway Twp. Triumph in the Atlantic City Press
Appeals Court Reverses Approval of Constructed Cell Tower in Tenafly, NJ. Community Wins against Cell Tower Giant
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