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Adam J. Schultz, Esq. Partner 315-442-0160 aschultz@gilbertilaw.com Adam Schultz has more than 15 years of experience providing right-to-build and strategic planning advice to national, regional and local clients regarding environmental, land use, energy, solid and hazardous waste/materials, regulatory and litigation matters. Working closely with clients to understand their operations, plans and needs allows Mr. Schultz to assist the company in developing a plan of action for its unique set of circumstances. Whether developing a new project, resurrecting a moribund project or protecting vested company rights, clients rely upon him to assist them in securing, prosecuting and defending their interests. Projects that Mr. Schultz has been involved with include: permitting a state-wide emergency communications wireless network for first-responders; successfully concluding 100+ federal/state siting and permitting processes, including public hearings, adjudicatory hearings and/or litigation, involving regulatory agencies, varied citizens groups and expert opposition for numerous large industrial and commercial operations; representing private land owners in defending and prosecuting cost recovery actions related to federal and state-required soil and groundwater remediation; providing environmental counsel, due diligence and/or auditing services for business transactions, sales/purchases of single and multi-site business operations and land transfers. Mr. Schultz has led the defense for a major U.S. steel producer in a multi-party $50M CERCLA cost recovery action; the successful defense of an enforcement action and class action lawsuit alleging environmental degradation of water supply wells; a multi-party, fourth party defense group in negotiating settlements at a 900+ party private/municipal landfill site; and, the prosecution of the first ever action against a Pennsylvania regulatory agency for failure to timely process a permit application, resulting in a multi-million dollar recovery. Mr. Schultz regularly works throughout the Northeast where he represents industrial and commercial manufacturers, energy producers, commercial and residential developers, waste disposal and landfill operators, salt producers and road building and natural resource extraction companies. Whenever the opportunity presents itself, Mr. Schultz will be found traveling abroad with his family. He has visited nearly 30 countries, leaving more than 100 others to discover and explore. Education Vermont Law School – J.D. cum laudeVermont Law School – Master of Studies in Environmental Law cum laudeUniversity of Oregon – B.S., History
Admissions New YorkPennsylvaniaOregonUnited States District Courts Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York District of Oregon
Honors and Affiliations American Bar Association Natural Resource CommitteeNew York State Bar Association Environmental Law SectionPennsylvania Bar AssociationOregon Bar Association
Publications EPA Cordially Invites You to Turn Yourself In, Pit & Quarry, May 1996.
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