David G. Mandelbaum

David G. Mandelbaum


Greenberg Traurig

Recognized since 2006

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Practice Areas

Environmental Law

Litigation - Environmental

Water Law

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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
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

Greenberg Traurig
Headquarters: New York, New York

596 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Litigation - Environmental Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2018 - Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2016 - Litigation - Environmental Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Environmental Law
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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