First Admitted: 1978, New York

Bar/Professional Activity:

U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1995
Chair, New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, 1989 - Present, 2003 - 2004
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1978
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1984
Member, New York State Bar Association, 1989 - Present
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1983
New York, 1978
International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF), International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF), 2011 - 2014
U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1986

Representative Clients:

GenNx360 Capital Partners, MGP Holdings, Broad Sky Partners, H&S Holdco, Inc., The Bayit Trust, B&D Holding, Milkystar LLC, American Premier Underwriters, 2024

Transactions:

In recent years, Mr. Periconi has expanded his due diligence practice beyond assisting real estate investors to evaluating environmental risks in business acquisitions for major national private equity companies investing in industrial companies throughout the United States.

Pro bono/Community Service:

Mr. Periconi has headed the Audit Committee (and remains a working member) of a prominent New York City-based international bibliophilic association and is a member of the Audit Committee of a prominent New York City private club. He also serves as secretary of his homeowners’ association in East Boothbay, Maine.
Chief of the Solid and Hazardous Waste Enforcement Bureau of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
President, Board of Trustees, The Pearl Theatre Company, 2006

Honors/Awards:

Expert witness in case in which defendant customer of plaintiff pretended that its RCRA hazardous waste submitted to plaintiff for processing was not, in fact, hazardous waste, thus leading to environmental enforcement action against plaintiff. , Expert Witness at trial, LPOD, Inc. v. Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., et al. (Superior Court of California, Kern County), 2024
Special Master, New York Coastal Fisherman's Association v. New York City Dept. of Sanitation, et al. (S.D.N.Y.), 1992 - Present
Martindale-Hubbell "AV" rated
Who's Who in International Environment Lawyers for 2009-2013

Educational Background:

Columbia College, New York, New York, B.A. in English Literature, Dean's List, Danforth Graduate Fellow, 1970-1973
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, M.A. in English and Comparative Literature, 1972

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Instructor, Environmental Due Diligence in Commercial Real Estate Transactions, 3 Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal pp. 40-64 (Winter 2008)
"The State of Environmental Crimes Prosecutions in New York", 23 Natural Resources and Environment (American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources) pp. 11-16 (Winter 2009)
"New Duties to Tell Tenants if Indoor Air Tests Exceed Markers", New York Law Journal, co-Author, with Delight Balducci, Dec. 10, 2008
Primary Co-Author of Environmental Law and Regulation in New York (West, 1996)

Industry Groups:

James J. Periconi