Biography
Matthew G. Parisi is the head of our Environmental Practice Group
and a member of our Litigation and Toxic Tort/Complex Litigation
Practice Groups.
Mr. Parisi represents several major companies in complex commercial,
toxic tort, products liability and environmental contamination actions
filed throughout the United States. He also represents a multi-state
petroleum distributor in a mass tort, product liability multi-district
litigation pending in the Southern District of New York. Throughout
his career, Mr. Parisi has represented area municipalities, corporations
and individuals in environmental and zoning disputes, including
CERCLA “Superfund” cost recovery actions, RCRA, Clean
Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act lawsuits, and cases involving
other local, state and federal environmental laws and regulations.
Mr. Parisi has also represented national retail stores, area businesses
and individuals in commercial business disputes in state and federal
court.
In 2007, Mr. Parisi was honored as a “Rising Star,”
one of Westchester County’s “Forty under Forty”
by the Business Council of Westchester. Since 2010, Mr. Parisi has
been recognized on the New York Super Lawyers (Metro and Westchester
Edition) list. He has made legal presentations to business organizations
in several states and is the author of published articles on the
effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields on individuals and
on property values. (cancer
phobia.pdf )
Education
- Pace University School of Law (J.D., 1993) (with a Certificate
in Environmental Law); Member, Pace Environmental Law Review;
Intern, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Union College (B.S., 1990) (Electrical Engineering)
Memberships
Mr. Parisi is a member of the New York State (Environmental Section)
and Westchester County Bar Associations.
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts
of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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