Robert Fox
USA Guide 2024
Band 1 : Environment
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+1 484 430 2312Share profile
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About
Provided by Robert Fox
Practice Areas
Corporate and Commercial Transactions; Corporate Compliance and Other Regulatory Programs; Emergency Planning and Response; Energy; Litigation; Site Development and Brownfield Redevelopment; Superfund and Site Remediation; Waste; and Water.
Career
Robb is the former managing partner of the firm and 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, 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 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.
Professional Memberships
Admitted in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.
Personal
Harvard Law School, J.D.;
University of Pennsylvania, B.A.
Chambers Review
USA
Robert Fox is an expert attorney in the environmental field, especially well known for his Superfund work. He is relied upon by clients for his counsel on compliance, site remediation and permit applications.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Robert is a strategic, smart, creative and extremely nice lawyer with an astonishing depth of knowledge."
"Robert is a top litigator and a very good tactician who does a good job of strategizing what tactics to use in certain cases."
"Robert is a gifted litigator."
"Robert is a strategic, smart, creative and extremely nice lawyer with an astonishing depth of knowledge."
"Robert is a top litigator and a very good tactician who does a good job of strategizing what tactics to use in certain cases."
"Robert is a gifted litigator."