Michael W. Parker

Counsel 

mparker@rackemann.com

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Tel: 617-951-1190
Fax: 617-542-7437

- Real Estate

 

Education

Bar and Court Admissions

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Practice Focus

Real Estate: manage due diligence for significant real estate and corporate transactions including the review of environmental conditions and permitting compliance, and the assessment of potential environmental liability. Provide advice on Brownfields redevelopment, 21E cost recovery actions and environmental insurance. Negotiate retail leases and purchase and sales agreements.

Environmental and Land Use: represent clients before the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection regarding Superfund, 21E, the Clean Water Act, RCRA, EPCRA, the Clean Air Act, the Wetlands Protection Act and the Massachusetts Water Management Act. Provide advice on zoning and permitting, including the Boston Article 80 permitting process and Chapter 91 waterfront issues.

Notable Experience

• United States Environmental Protection Agency, Senior Enforcement Counsel
• Provide advice to Fortune 500 companies regarding redevelopment of one of the country’s largest Superfund sites
• Defended an asphalt production company in a Federal Clean Water Act enforcement action
• Obtained and transferred over 500 local, state and federal environmental and land use permits and hazardous waste financial surety approvals for a $300 million corporate acquisition
• Negotiated the sale, closure, and redevelopment of a New Hampshire paper mill site
• Assisted a local developer in obtaining Large Project Review and Planned Development Area approval pursuant to Boston Zoning Code for a $240 million development
• Settlement of several 21E cost recovery actions
  
  

Professional Activities

• Chair, Green Buildings, Massachusetts CLE
• Co-Chair, Redeveloping Brownfields, Boston Bar Association CLE
• Environmental Law Basics Plus, Massachusetts CLE
• Commercial Real Estate Basics Plus, Massachusetts CLE
• Boston Bar Association Environmental Law Section Steering Committee
• National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
• Chair, Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard
• Logan Airport Citizens Advisory Committee
• Charlestown Neighborhood Council
• Mayor Pro Tem, Nederland, CO

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