Partner
CurrentRigano LLC practices environmental law (litigation, regulatory, transactional) and bankruptcy litigation.Nick represents clients in litigation and transactional real property matters involving environmental issues. His practice primarily concentrates on subsurface contamination, solid waste, and wetland issues. He is the Chair of the Environmental Law Committee for the Nassau County Bar Association, Co-Chair of the Water Quality Committee for the New York State Bar Association… Show more Rigano LLC practices environmental law (litigation, regulatory, transactional) and bankruptcy litigation.Nick represents clients in litigation and transactional real property matters involving environmental issues. His practice primarily concentrates on subsurface contamination, solid waste, and wetland issues. He is the Chair of the Environmental Law Committee for the Nassau County Bar Association, Co-Chair of the Water Quality Committee for the New York State Bar Association Environmental and Energy Law Section and is the co-founder of the Environmental Professionals Association, a 100+ member networking group for professionals in the environmental field. He also served on the Environmental Advisory Board for the Village of Garden City.Nick has represented Fortune 500 companies, municipalities, property owners, tenants, hazardous waste generators and citizen groups in cutting edge toxic tort/CERCLA litigations and complex regulatory/transactional matters involving PFAS, 1,4-dioxane, perchlorate, and Natural Resources Damages.Nick also has a decade worth of experience in bankruptcy litigation. Nick's experience includes: (i) representation of a Chapter 7 trustee regarding international Ponzi scheme by handling multi-million dollar international fraudulent conveyance actions, (ii) representation of Chapter 7 trustee of mid-market broker dealer by spearheading multi-million dollar breach of contract litigations against former clients, the recoveries from which enabled the trustee to make a 75% distribution to unsecured creditors, (iii) representation of dozens of Chapter 5 Defendants in Chapter 5 actions broght by Plan Administrator resulting in a dismissal of the action against each defendant, and (iv) representation of creditors obtain priority claims in complex Chapter 11 cases and landlords Nick also represents key constituents involved in Chapter 5 bankruptcy litigation and as well as creditors to Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcies. Show less
