Areas of Practice
News & Events
Areas of Practice
Environmental Law
Education
J.D.,
cum laude,
Seton Hall University School of Law, 2000
A.B.., Philosophy and Geology,
Hamilton College, 1988
Bar Admissions
New Jersey, 2000
New York, 2001
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 2000
Professional Affiliations
New Jersey State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
Justice Stewart G. Pollock Environmental American Inn of Court, Barrister and Administrator
American Society of Environmental Professionals, New Jersey Chapter General Counsel
Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists
National Brownfields Association, New Jersey Chapter
Charter Oak State College, Adjunct Faculty, Environmental Law
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Patrick T. Mottola Associate
New Jersey
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New York
Tel: 973.514.1200 | Direct: 973.660.4475 Fax: 973.514.1660 pmottola@bressler.com |
Mr. Mottola is a highly-experienced associate in the firm's Environmental Law Department. He regularly serves industrial and commercial clients in brownfields redevelopment, site remediation, real estate and corporate transactions, site plan and zoning approvals, regulatory compliance and permitting, environmental insurance, and remediation construction contracts. Frequently he appears before the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, EPA, and municipal zoning and planning boards. He has served in enforcement and litigated matters relating to land use regulation, hazardous waste, underground storage tanks, mold contamination, the New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act, and CERCLA (Superfund).
Prior to his legal practice, Mr. Mottola was a geologist and project manager for a national environmental engineering and consulting firm. With over ten years experience as a consultant, he has breadth of knowledge and appreciation for the technical issues of environmental and land use and construction law which he brings to his law practice.
Mr. Mottola is in demand as a speaker on environmental issues. For the Rutgers-Cook College Continuing Professional Education Program, he has spoken on Environmental Law and Regulation. Subjects of his presentations have included the Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA) (February 2003), Solid and Hazardous Waste annually (February 2004-2007, 2010). He was a featured speaker on Land Use Regulation and Redevelopment in June 2009. In November 2009, he presented a legal analysis of New Jersey’s new Licensed Site Remediation Professional Program at the New Jersey Environmental Health and Safety and Homeland Security Professional Development Conference. His presentations to professional associations have included Environmental Audits to the New Jersey Hospital Association in May 2005, and Environmental Due Diligence in Business and Real Estate Transactions to the Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists in September 2005.
Mentoring and education are integral parts of Mr. Mottola’s professional life. He is a founding member of the Justice Stewart G. Pollock Environmental American Inn of Court, one of only two environmental Inns in the County. The Inn’s mission includes professional development and mentoring in the law, especially environmental law. He is a Barrister of the Inn and serves on its Executive Committee in the leadership role of Administrator of the Inn. In that capacity, he has led instructional programs presented to members on a variety of environmental topics. He designed and teaches an on-line course in Environmental Law at the Charter Oak State College in Connecticut. In April 2005 and March 2009, he was a featured speaker at Montclair State University’s Environmental Management Lecture series.
News & Events
Firm Announcements
Patrick Mottola to Serve as Instructor at Rutgers Continuing Education Course
Speaking Engagements
Brownfields: Emerging Issues in Redevelopment Enviornmental Law and Regulation 2009 Professional Development Conference - The New Jersey EHS+HS ConferencePublications
CommerceNJDEP in Flux: There's No "Ducking" Environmental Protection, Laws & Regulations in the Garden State
Editor, Environmental Compliance Digest, New Jersey Business & Industry Association, 2003 and 2006 editions
CommerceGrace Period Rules Proposed for Site Remediation Program
CommerceBrownfields Update: Law and Policy
Air & Waste Management Association MessengerNew Brownsfields Legislation Adds New Incentives in New Jersey
Beware Executive Order No. 215, New Jersey Law Journal, February 2002
Do We Have Enough Water?, New Jersey Law Journal, October 2001