Douglas I. Eilender is a Partner in the firm’s Environmental Law Department. His practice emphasizes all aspects of environmental law, including transactional, regulatory, land use and litigation matters. Part of his practice focuses on the redevelopment of brownfields sites that are underutilized due to contamination.

Prior to his legal career, Doug was associated with a national environmental consulting and engineering firm. As an environmental consultant, he conducted and managed environmental due diligence audits, which included Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, and asbestos, lead paint and water quality analyses. As such, he is well positioned to interact with environmental consultants and provide accurate practical business advice to clients.

Education:

  • Seton Hall University School of Law, JD, 2000 
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology, MS in Environmental Science, 1996 
  • Franklin & Marshall College, BA in Biology, 1994
Admissions:
  • New Jersey, 2000 
  • New York, 2002
Areas of Practice:
  • Environmental Law

Professional Association Memberships:

  • New Jersey State Bar, Environmental Law Section 
  • Bergen County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Co-Chair 
  • International Council of Shopping Centers

Honors & Awards:

  • (201) Magazine’s list of top lawyers in Bergen County for 2011
  • Super Lawyers Rising Stars for Environmental Law, 2010

Representations including businesses, developers, real estate entities, big box retailers and financial institutions:

  • A national retailer in securing Brownfields approval, which allowed it to recover in excess of $1 million of its remediation costs;
  • A car dealership in performing environmental due diligence, development and financing of a service facility;
  • A car dealership in the environmental aspects of the acquisition and financing of a former motorcycle dealership, including the performance of environmental due diligence and subsequent cleanup that received a conditional response action outcome (RAO) issued by a licensed site remediation professional (LSRP);
  • A health care company to perform environmental due diligence and cleanup of several properties in New Jersey;
  • A national finance company in reviewing and assessing environmental risks and negotiating loan documents associated with a loan secured by a retail pharmacy formerly operated as a gas station located in Missouri that was enrolled in Missouri’s UST Fund Program;
  • A wire hanger manufacturing company in navigating New Jersey’s Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA) with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s issuance of an Entire Site, Unrestricted No Further Action Letter;
  • A machine and tool manufacturing facility in the completion of the requirements of ISRA with the issuance of an RAO from an LSRP;
  • A shopping center owner as local environmental counsel in lease negotiations with several national retail tenants; and
  • Advising clients on obtaining federal, state and local permits needed to develop in or near environmentally sensitive areas, such as wetlands, coastal areas, streams, flood ways and the Pinelands.