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 JOHN F. SHEA
SHAREHOLDER
John F. Shea has been practicing environmental and land use law for more than thirty years. He is a specialist in wetlands and wildlife law and recognized as a master strategist in securing approvals for complex and controversial projects, developing environmental compliance plans for both pro-active and troubled companies, and successfully defending permits in administrative and court appeals.
Mr. Shea represents developers, businesses and high net worth individuals in permitting, siting, enforcement defense and litigation. The development projects he spearheads include residential subdivisions, subsidized housing, and hotels, as well as assisted living facilities, hospitals, colleges, and banks. He has also handled permitting and litigation for docks, marinas, aquaculture farms, radio antennas, industrial plants, office parks, and retail complexes. He is involved in Brownfields redevelopment projects as well.
Mr. Shea represents potentially responsible parties in federal and state Superfund cases, and in related cost recovery and insurance claims. He supervised cleanups of neighborhoods, commercial and industrial properties, water supplies, and federal Superfund sites. He served as Common and Investigatory Counsel for litigant groups, and represented environmental engineering and remediation companies in contract negotiations and litigation. He was founding chair of the Boston Bar Association Hazardous Waste Committee, and was a member of the Massachusetts Pollution Liability Reinsurance Corporation. Mr. Shea is the author of "Hazardous Waste Cleanup Law" in the Massachusetts Environmental Law treatise published by MCLE.
Mr. Shea also represents water suppliers and wastewater treatment facilities in permitting new sources, supervising compliance teams in enforcement cases, and developing water supply and watershed protection strategies. He is a member of the Massachusetts Water Works Association.
Mr. Shea acts as a Hearing Officer to Boards of Health on site assignment applications by solid waste management facilities. He has conducted more than 20 public hearings on landfill expansions, processing and recycling facilities, and transfer stations. He was founding chair of the BBA Solid Waste Committee and the Recycling Task Force.
Mr. Shea is recognized as a leader in environmental law for his land use development and permitting practice by Chambers USA's America's Leading Lawyers for Business. He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America. He has been designated a Massachusetts SuperLawyer and New England SuperLawyer by Boston Magazine and Law & Politics. He enjoys an AV rating for the highest levels of professional excellence from Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Shea chairs panels and lectures widely to lawyers, engineers, and business groups.
From 1976 through 1981, Mr. Shea served as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Air Force with responsibility for environmental compliance, litigation in federal and foreign courts, and environmental audits at military installations.
Mr. Shea graduated cum laude from Holy Cross College, earned his J.D. from the University of Maine Law School, and received a Masters in Environmental Law, cum laude, from the Vermont Law School. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Maine, and in federal courts.
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