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Partner Robb Fox has a diverse practice involving compliance counseling, litigation and transactional work for clients in the waste, chemical manufacturing and development industries and on behalf of cities and municipalities. He is known nationally for his work under the federal Superfund law including handling many high profile Superfund matters such as the Keystone Landfill matter, featured on 60 Minutes, and the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek sites. He regularly litigates Superfund issues of first impression at the trial and appellate levels in multiple jurisdictions.

Robb’s litigation experience extends to superfund cost recovery, class action and toxic tort defense, trials and appeals before federal and state courts and administrative tribunals. He also represents local, regional and national clients in the environmental aspects of business transactions, ranging from redeveloping brownfields (he assisted in the drafting of the 2002 brownfields amendment to the federal Superfund law) to managing liabilities in the environmental acquisition and divestiture of multinational companies.

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    Locations
    • Three Bala Plaza East, Suite 700
      Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
    • Cherry Tree Corporate Center, Suite 145-A
      535 Route 38
      Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
    • Five Penn Plaza, 23rd Floor
      New York, NY 10001
    Languages
    • English
    Education
    • Harvard University, J.D., graduated 1985
    • University of Pennsylvania, BA
    Bar Admissions
    • New York, New York
    • New Jersey, New Jersey
    • Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
    Affiliations
    • Jewish National Fund - Executive Committee Housing Fund
    • SEPTA - Board Member
    Court Admissions
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. Supreme Court

    Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
    Headquarters: Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

    13 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

    4 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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    Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2012 - Litigation - Environmental Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2010 - Environmental Law
    Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
    • Environmental Law, Philadelphia (2019)
    • Litigation - Environmental, Philadelphia (2012)
    • Environmental Law, Philadelphia (2010)
    Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
    • Environmental Law
    Special Focus:
    • Administrative/Regulatory
    • Counseling
    • Enforcement Defense
    • Environmental Cleanup
    • Environmental Permitting
    • Litigation
    • RCRA/Hazardous Waste
    • Real Estate
    • Solid Waste
    • Superfunds/Environmental Remediation
    • Toxic Tort
    • Waste
    Awards:
    • Best Lawyers® in America listing (environmental law), since 1999
    • Pennsylvania Super Lawyers listing (environmental law and litigation), since 2004
    • Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business listing (environmental law), since 2005.
    • AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated through Martindale-Hubbell®.
    • "Philadelphia Area Best Lawyers Environmental Lawyer of the Year" (environmental litigation), 2012.
    • Top 100 Philadelphia Super Lawyer listing (2007-2008; 2011-2012, 2014, 2019)
    • Top 100 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer listing (2006-2007; 2011).
    • "Philadelphia Area Best Lawyers Environmental Lawyer of the Year" (environmental law), 2009 and 2010
    Additional Areas of Practice:
    • Litigation - Environmental

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