
Linda focuses her practice on development, redevelopment, environmental compliance cases, corporate transactional matters, land use, zoning and business counseling. She also focuses on complex remediation cases and general environmental compliance counseling.
Practice Areas
- Environmental - Land Use and Permitting
- Environmental - Site Remediation and Brownfields
- Environmental - Litigation
- Real Estate
- Redevelopment
- Environmental - CERCLA/Superfund
Other Professional and Personal Information
While attending Rutgers School of Law – Newark, Linda was the Editor-in-Chief of the Rutgers Law Review, a member of the Moot Court Board, and a teaching associate for the Legal Analysis Writing and Research Skills program. After graduating from law school, Linda served as a law clerk to the Honorable Marianne Espinosa in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey. Prior to joining the firm, Linda was an associate at a national law firm with her practice focused on commercial litigation and insurance defense matters.
Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
- Eastern District of New York
- Southern District of New York
- District Court of New Jersey
Education
- Rutgers School of Law, J.D. (2015)
- Ramapo College of New Jersey, B.A. (2009)
Honors/Awards
- Named 2021, 2022 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch*
News
- Four Attorneys from Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla Named to 2022 Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch
- In Unusual Move, Developer Is Awarded Attorneys' Fees and Costs Over Town's Settlement Breach
- Five Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. Lawyers Named to 2021 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Articles/Publications
- "NJDEP Further Extends Site Remediation Timeframes - UPDATE," The National Law Review, February 24, 2021
- "NJDEP Further Extends Site Remediation Timeframes," NJ Environmental Law Blog, February 9, 2021
- "NJDEP Publishes Registration Process for Permit Extension Act of 2020," NJ Environmental Law Blog, September 9, 2020
- "Governor Murphy Signs Permit Extension Act of 2020," NJ Environmental Law Blog, July 1, 2020
- "NJDEP Upgrades Protections for 600 Miles of Rivers And Streams," NJ Environmental Law Blog, May 8, 2020
- "EPA Relaxes Environmental Enforcement During COVID-19 Pandemic," NJ Environmental Law Blog, April 2, 2020
- "Business Interruptions Due to Coronavirus and Its Impact on Environmental Remediation Deadlines," NJ Environmental Law Blog, March 25, 2020
- "NJDEP Releases Report on Sea-Level Rise in New Jersey," NJ Environmental Law Blog, December 13, 2019
- "NJDEP to Clarify Use of Rounding in Determining Compliance with Remediation Standards," NJ Environmental Law Blog, December 6, 2019
- "New Jersey Appellate Division Affirms Municipal Court Jurisdiction to Enforce Spill Act Penalties," NJ Environmental Law Blog, December 2, 2019