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Attorney, Member
Ms. Blecher is a founding member of the firm. She has represented many municipalities, businesses and individuals in a variety of environmental and toxic tort matters. Ms. Blecher has focused much of her practice in the areas of coal tar contamination and MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether) contamination. She has assisted many business owners and property owners in their efforts to deal with property diminution concerns and other damages resulting from these forms of pollution. Much of Ms. Blecher's practice finds her working closely with neighborhood and community groups that have been impacted and injured as a result of contamination or toxic chemical exposure. Ms. Blecher has successfully concluded numerous cases resulting in compensation for people who have been harmed by such substances and chemicals.
Shari Blecher has also represented clients in a variety of real estate and land use matters at the residential and commercial level. Often, these projects involve environmentally challenged properties.
The New Jersey Law Journal, one of the State's leading weekly legal publications, named Shari M. Blecher as one of the "40 Under 40" lawyers in New Jersey, reflecting that publication's opinion that she is an attorney under the age of 40 who will likely have a positive impact on the New Jersey legal community over the next decade.
Shari was honored with the Super Lawyers designation in July 2007
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Princeton, NJ 08540
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Mr. Lieberman is a founding member of the firm. He is a former Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey who was assigned to the Environmental Protection Section. Mr. Lieberman was also a partner in a New Jersey law firm that was extensively engaged in the practice of environmental law.
Stuart J. Lieberman is a co-author of New Jersey Brownfields Practice, a book that describes legal aspects relating to the sale of contaminated properties in New Jersey. A frequent lecturer on environmental subjects and a weekly syndicated columnist, he has represented many municipalities, businesses and individuals in regulatory and land use matters as well as litigation in these areas. In addition, Mr. Lieberman has worked heavily in the area of regulatory takings and groundwater contamination.
Mr. Lieberman represents clients in environmental matters, defective product and fraudulent claims, land use and general litigation.
Mr. Lieberman is a member of the Mercer County Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association, where he serves on the Board of Consultors for the Real Property Section.
He has successfully litigated many cases in New Jersey state and federal courts, and has prevailed in two New Jersey Supreme Court cases. The most recent case, Raleigh Avenue Beach Association v. Atlantis Beach Club, was a landmark decision regarding beach access in the State of New Jersey.
In addition, Mr. Lieberman and Lieberman & Blecher, P.C. are counsel to the Passaic River Coalition, an organization committed to protecting valuable water resources in the State of New Jersey. Mr. Lieberman is also counsel to the Coalition for Health and Public Safety, a public charter composed of several municipalities in northern Bergen County who have organized to address public health and safety threats in the area. Most recently, Mr. Lieberman became a member of an ASTM International sub-committee and is lending his environmental legal experience to that organization as it develops a standard for qualification as an expert environmental forensic scientist in civil and criminal litigation.
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Mara Epstein graduated cum laude from Cardozo Law School, where she was the Senior Managing Editor of the Cardozo Women’s Law Journal. Having previously worked for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Environmental Protection Bureau of the New York State Attorney General's Office, her work experience includes extensive research on CERCLA, Clean Water Act, and Clean Air Act issues.
As Member of the firm and a member of the NY and NJ bars, Ms. Epstein represents our clients in an myriad of environmental matters including litigation concerning contaminated properties, real estate, Brownfields transactions and general litigation.
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Associate Attorney
Felicia Ekejiuba graduated Colgate University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2001. Thereafter, she received her Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall University School of Law, where she participated in the Immigration & Naturalization clinic. Ms. Ekejiuba is admitted to the New Jersey Bar association and is awaiting membership to the New York Bar Association.
After law school, Ms. Ekejiuba served as a Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Mathias E. Rodriguez, J.S.C., in Middlesex County from 2005-2006.
Ms. Ekejiuba joined Lieberman & Blecher in 2007 and primarily assists the firm's clients in environmental matters.
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Associate Attorney
Michael Sinkevich graduated cum laude from Albany Law School, where he was an Article Editor on the Albany Law Environmental Outlook Journal. During law school, Mr. Sinkevich interned with the Office of Hearings and Mediation Services at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. He also worked as a research assistant for Professor Gregory Mandel, dealing with environmental law issues. At graduation, Mr. Sinkevich was awarded the Gary M. Peck Memorial Prize for Excellence in Environmental Law.
Prior to law school, Mr. Sinkevich graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biological and environmental engineering. He also received a Master of Science degree from Cornell University in environmental engineering. A portion of his master’s research, entitled A GIS-Based Groundwater Contamination Risk Assessment Tool for Pesticides was published in the Journal of Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation in 2005.
Mr. Sinkevich is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and New York.
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