David Naidu

Practice Areas

David Naidu has more than 20 years experience with advising clients on diverse set of environmental and land use issues in the transactional, litigation and regulatory compliance contexts. He has advised clients on potential environmental risks and liabilities in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, real estate leases, brownfield redevelopment, and financing regarding oil, gas, wind and solar facilities, pipelines, office buildings and manufacturing and pharmaceutical plants. He also possesses extensive experience in complex multi-party litigation in state and federal courts involving contaminated waterways, landfills, oil spills, and contaminated industrial sites covering claims and defenses under CERCLA (Superfund), Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and RCRA.

Professional Memberships

City of Summit Council President and Councilmember (2016-present)

City of Summit Planning Board Member (2010 -2018)

City of Summit Environmental Commission Member (2006 - 2015)

The Summit Conservancy, Vice-President (2014-present)

Great Swamp Watershed Association, Board Member (2021-present)

Publications

“Key Environmental Liability Considerations in Bankruptcy Actions,” New Jersey Lawyer, October 2016

Author, “Nanomaterials and the Move Toward Regulation,” Industry Week, 2010.

Author, “EPA Moves Forward with the Regulation of Nanotechnology,” Chemical Week, 2010.

Author, “Biotechnology and Nanotechnology: Regulation under Environmental, Health and Safety Laws,” Oxford University Press, July 2009 and then subsequently under LexisNexis.

Co-Author, “NYSDEC Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Natural Gas Drilling Activities in the Marcellus Shale Formation,” IOGA News, Sept./Oct. 2009.

Co-Author, “Water Quality Program Gets Back on Track,” New York Law Journal, December 17, 2001.

Co-Author, “Do You Know Your Environmental Risk?” New York Law Journal, March 5, 2001.

Co-Author, “Second Circuit Provides Guidance on CERCLA,” New York Law Journal, December 18, 2000.

Author of Updates to Law of Chemical Regulation and Hazardous Waste, West Publishing, 1999 - present.

Author of Updates to Law of Environmental Protection, West Publishing (Water and Waste Chapters), 1999 - present.

Education