Michael Murphy Email & Phone Number

Specialties: Environmental Law

Listed skills include Environmental Awareness, Administrative Law, Civil Litigation, and Appeals.

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  Principal

  Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

  Sep 1997 - Present - Greater New York City Area

  Michael's practice is primarily concentrated on energy, land use, regulatory permitting, environmental compliance, contract disputes and litigation matters. He has represented private clients in a variety of regulatory matters, including permit applications to federal, state, and local agencies, review under New York’s State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), contaminated site remediation programs in New York and New Jersey, administrative enforcement actions and other compliance matters. He also represents private clients in major power plant project proposals. His litigation experience on behalf of private clients includes contract disputes, Superfund, SEQRA, and common law claims based on negligence, trespass, nuisance, fraud, and misrepresentation. Michael has also represented municipal clients on a variety of matters such as governmental remediation cost reimbursement applications, solid waste disposal programs, contract negotiations and interpretation (including long-term solid waste management and disposal agreements, inter-municipal solid waste agreements and municipal property lease agreements) and litigation matters concerning real estate, contract and takings disputes. In addition to traditional power plant projects, Michael's experience, on behalf of private or municipal clients, has involved waste-to-energy and waste gasification-to-energy projects.Michael has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and the 2011-2016 editions of Super Lawyers. He is also recognized by Chambers USA as a leading practitioner in environmental law.