Martha Donovan to Present on Environmental Law for Attorneys and Licensed Site Remediation Professionals
Martha N. Donovan, Member of law firm Norris McLaughlin, P.A., will present “Environmental Law for Attorneys and LSRPs” sponsored by the Licensed Site Remediation Professionals Association (LSRPA) and the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station’s Office of Continuing Professional Education. This full-day course will be held 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Thursday, February 20, at the Rutgers Trayes Hall - Douglass Student Center in New Brunswick.
“I really enjoy co-moderating this program, which evolves as environmental laws and regulations evolve,” said Donovan, who has been a faculty coordinator for this annual event the last ten years.
About the Presentation
Discussion topics for the course include CERCLA, the Spill Act, the Industrial Site Recovery Act, emerging contaminants, dispute resolution, and recent court decisions and hot topics such as NJDEP actions and licensing board decisions. The course has been approved for 6.5 New Jersey LSRP Regulatory CECs, as well as 7.8 New Jersey CLEs and 6.5 New York and Pennsylvania CLEs. Other continuing education credits are available for New Jersey health officers, engineers, and wastewater professionals. For more information and to register, please click here.
About Martha Donovan
A resident of West Windsor, Donovan, Co-Chair of the Norris McLaughlin Environmental Law Practice Group, devotes her practice to environmental law and complex litigation with an emphasis on the defense of environmental property damage claims. She also has considerable experience working on related insurance coverage matters.
Donovan has represented clients in administrative and judicial proceedings before state and federal courts and agencies, including the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Agency. She regularly counsels clients on a variety of environmental issues, including ISRA compliance, lender liability, underground storage tank laws, and permits and approvals for hazardous waste storage, transportation and disposal. She has litigated matters relating to the generation, storage, discharge or release of hazardous substances, including representation under CERCLA/Superfund, and has defended actions filed by adjoining, predecessor, and successor property owners alleging physical injuries, damages, or lost property values.
Donovan has authored articles and has made presentations to various trade groups and associations on issues ranging from lender liability under Superfund to the availability of insurance coverage for various aspects of business-related accidents.
Donovan is a member of the New Jersey State and American Bar Associations and the Society of Women Environmental Professionals. She earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and her B.A. in Chemistry from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, now Randolph College. Donovan has been selected for inclusion on the list of Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers for many years and is ranked as Band 1 in Chambers.
