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Michelle N. O'Brien
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Michelle N. O'Brien is an accomplished litigator who obtained one of Massachusetts’ highest trial verdicts of 2005. She has 20 years of experience in environmental law in legislative, regulatory and litigation settings.
Ms. O'Brien handles permitting and related litigation involving various types of development including residential homes, commercial office space, waterfront properties, and solid waste facilities. She defends companies in environmental enforcement matters at the federal, state, and local levels. She also represents private parties in cost recovery and property damage claims involving releases of oil and hazardous materials.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. O'Brien was a Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General in both the Environmental Protection Division and the Trial Division. She was a law clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court and a legislative aide to the House Chairman of the Massachusetts Legislature's Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture.
Ms. O'Brien is listed in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for environmental law. She is the co-chair of the Boston Bar Association Environmental Law Section and a former chair of its Solid and Hazardous Waste Committee. Ms. O'Brien is actively involved in the Lesley University Alumni Association, where she served two terms as president, and is a Lesley University corporator. She is also a former vice-chairperson of the Saugus Planning Board. Ms. O'Brien is a frequent speaker on environmental law topics before bar associations and industry groups.
Ms. O'Brien graduated magna cum laude from Lesley University and earned her J.D., cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Maine, and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
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