Catherine C. Lopez practices in the area practices in the area of environmental law , representing corporate clients in the petrochemical and gasoline industry on various complex regulatory and compliance-related matters. Ms. Lopez counsel clients relative to managing environmental risks and liabilities and has experience in negotiating third-party agreements related to properties that may be involved in environmental investigation and remediation matters. She handles potential claims from former and current property owners related to such matters.
Ms. Lopez drafts and negotiates access agreements, purchase and sale agreements, cost allocation agreements and remediation and indemnification agreements. She consults on the pursuit of potentially responsible parties, compliance and permitting issues. She has extensive experience working with public agencies, such as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, negotiating consent decrees, orders, and stipulations agreements, and working to attain results for her clients in implementing remediation efforts and complying with requests from these agencies.
Ms. Lopez represents her clients’ interests in cost recovery actions brought on behalf of the government and enforced under state environmental laws or regulations, including NYS Navigation Law, the NJ Spill Compensation and Control Act, and federal statutes.
Ms. Lopez’s practice has a special focus asset management matters related to former retail service station sites.
Ms. Lopez is a 2002 graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law and a 1999 graduate of Georgetown University.
Areas of Practice
Environmental Compliance and Litigation
Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Education
- Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2002
- Georgetown University, B.S., 1999
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Special Counsel, 2022-present - McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli PC
- Of Counsel 2010-2022
- Associate 2003-2010