David G. Mandelbaum
Recognized since 2006
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Practice Areas
Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental
Water Law
David G. Mandelbaum is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig's Litigation and Environmental Groups. https://www.gtlaw.com/People/davidmandelbaum
CONCENTRATION- Air, Water, and Waste Regulation
- Superfund and Contamination
- Climate Change
- Oil and Gas Development
- Water Rights
- SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATIONS
- Representation of industrial clients in wastewater, solid waste, and air permitting matters; administrative appeals; and enforcement actions
- Advises clients on sustainability and climate change, risk management, and disclosure policies
- Advises clients on environmental issues presented by hundreds of transactions; litigates misrepresentation, breach of contract, and statutory claims concerning environmental conditions arising after acquisitions and divestitures
- Advises clients and litigates matters involving environmental aspects of land use, such as public trust, wetlands regulation, erosion control, "sprawl," "environmental justice," and complex urban brownfields
- Representation of clients in prosecuting and defending common law environmental tort actions
- Served as lead counsel for different industrial clients in two natural resources damages and contaminated sediment remediation matters that the federal government considers among its most significant
- Representation of clients in scores of Superfund matters, including one of the only multigenerator landfill cases to be tried to judgment
Contact & Links
- Direct Phone Number: 215-988-7800
- Phone Number: 215-988-7800
- Lawyer Page: https://www.gtlaw.com/en/professionals/m/mandelbaum-david-g
Location
- 1717 Arch Street, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Education
- Harvard University, J.D., graduated 1983
- Harvard University, graduated 1983
- Harvard University, graduated 1980
Bar Admissions
- Maryland, Maryland State Bar Association
- Florida, The Florida Bar
- Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Affiliations
- Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission - Vice Chair
- Pennsylvania Statewide Water Resources Committee - Vice Chair
- Temple Law School - Adjunct Professor of Law
Federal Clerkships
- United States District Court
Headquarters:
New York, New York
597 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
285 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Litigation - Environmental, Philadelphia (2024)
- Environmental Law, Philadelphia (2018)
- Litigation - Environmental, Philadelphia (2016)
- Environmental Law, Philadelphia (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- Water Law
Special Focus:
- Administrative/Regulatory
- Clean Water Act
- Counseling
- Enforcement Defense
- Environmental Permitting
- Litigation
- RCRA/Hazardous Waste
- Solid Waste
- Superfunds/Environmental Remediation
- Toxic Tort
- Waste
- Water Quality
- Water Rights
- Wetlands
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