Michael J. Gross

Michael J. Gross
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Mr. Gross, chair of the Environmental Law Practice Area, handles all aspects of New Jersey and federal environmental law, including permitting and litigation, CAFRA, sewage disposal and water supply, wetlands, riparian (tidelands) law, solid waste, flood hazard areas, siting of energy and other industrial facilities, site remediation, Pinelands, Highlands, cultural resources, stormwater, wastewater planning, water and air pollution. Mr. Gross also appears before planning and zoning boards and has handled complex construction litigation matters.

Mr. Gross is environmental counsel to the New Jersey Builders Association and general counsel to the Shore Builders Association of Central New Jersey. The Environmental Law Department authored the environmental law section of The New Jersey Land Use and Environmental Law Treatise and Mr. Gross co-authors the New Jersey Water Law Survey updates to the Waters and Water Rights Treatise.

He has been involved in major litigation both before the New Jersey courts and the Office of Administrative Law and has argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court and Appellate Division. Mr. Gross has served as an expert witness in cases before the New Jersey Superior Court and the U.S. District Court.

Articles/Publications

Professional Activities

Member of the American Bar Association, Advisory Panel
Member of the New Jersey State Bar Association
Member of the National Association of Home Builders Legal Action Network for Development Strategies (LANDS)
Member of the Legal Action Committee of the National Association of Home Builders
Member of the New Jersey Builders Association
Member of the Shore Builders Association of Central New Jersey

Press Mentions

Honors/Awards

Named as a New Jersey Super Lawyer for 2012, 2013
AV^®Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Ranked 1 in Chambers USA under Environmental Law
Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America
Life Member in Who's Who National Registry.
Named one of the "Ten Leaders in New Jersey Environmental Law" for 2003-2004 by Digital Press International
Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in American Law
Listed in Madison Who's Who of Executives and Professionals

Seminars/Presentations

Moderator, "Financing the Sandy Rebuild," New Jersey Builders Association, June 18, 2013
Moderator, "Annual Environmental Review," Atlantic Builders Convention 2013, April 2013
Moderator, "Rebuilding after Sandy," Atlantic Builders Convention 2013, April 2013
Moderator, "Superstorm Sandy... What's Next?", Shore Builders Association of Central NJ, March 13, 2013
"How FEMA Flood Mapping Will Impact You," February 28, 2013
"Planning for the Environment: Wastewater Planning & the Waiver Rule," 2012 NJ Planning Conference, January 31-February 1, 2013
"Legislative and Regulatory Update: 2012 Permit Extension Act Seminar," New Jersey Builders Association, November 2012
"Stormwater Seminar," NJBA, December 8, 2011
"Real Estate & Land Development Committee,"Monmouth County Bar Association, November 17, 2011
"Annual Environmental Review," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 17, 2008
"Newly Adopted Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 17, 2008
"Proposed Water Quality Management Planning Rules," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 16, 2008
"Newly Adopted Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules," sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, January 16, 2008
"Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Place to Build," sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, June 12, 2007
"Flood Hazard Rules-Will They Drown Development?" Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 20, 2007
"Annual Environmental Review," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 19, 2007
"Case Studies-Ways to Comply with 'Smart Growth/No Growth Regulations'," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 18, 2007
"Builders & Developers, Are You Ready for 2007?" sponsored by Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla and Schoor DePalma, March 2, 2007
"Pine Snakes and Eagles and Cemeteries?," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 27, 2006
"Annual Environmental Review," Atlantic Builders Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey Builders Association, April 26, 2006
"Current Issues in Storm Water and Wetland Regulations in New Jersey," Sponsored by Lorman Education Services, June 25, 2004
"The CAFRA Controversy-the Advocates Debate," The CAFRA Controversy � Coastal Protection at the Crossroads, sponsored by the Jersey Shore Partnership, September 22, 1999
"From Liabilities to Assets: Redeveloping Old Municipal Landfills," sponsored by Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla and Sadat Associates, Inc., September 9, 1999

Other Professional and Personal Information
Mr. Gross has taught a course, Municipal Land Use Law, as co-adjunct faculty for Rutgers University and lectured on environmental law in Monmouth University graduate courses. He has spoken on environmental issues at numerous seminars on behalf of Chambers of Commerce, the New Jersey Builders Association, the New Jersey Society of Real Estate Appraisers, ICLE and the Essex County Bar Association. He previously co-hosted "Environmental Straight Talk" on cable television.

Prior to joining the firm in 1976, Mr. Gross was a Deputy Attorney General with the NJ Department of Law & Public Safety for four years. He represented the Department of Environmental Protection in diverse areas of environmental law, prosecuting numerous cases on behalf of the State.