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Ethan I. Strell

Associate
Member, Hiring Committee

Wall Street Office
2 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
strell@clm.com
phone: 212-732-3200
fax: 212-732-3232 download v-card

Practice Areas

Litigation, Environmental

Practice Description

Environmental, including environmental impact assessment of transportation and urban development projects, litigation

Education

  • B.A., 1990 Hamilton College
  • M.A., 1995 Tufts University (Urban & Environmental Policy)
  • J.D., 2001 Columbia Law School (James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Alfred A. Forsythe Prize in Environmental Law)

Admissions

  • 2002 New York
  • 2004 U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Affiliations

  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Transportation Committee)
  • New York State Bar Association

Publications Available on this website...

"Courts Split on Eligibility Guidance for N.Y.’s Brownfield Program," Client Advisory, September 23, 2008; "Rochester Developer Successful in Challenge to DEC’s Denial of Admission into Brownfields Program," Client Advisory, January 11, 2008; "Power Plant Cooling Water, Hudson River Fish - Again," New York Law Journal, February 23, 2007; "Environmental Protection After a Disaster: A Right or a Privilege?," Natural Resources & Environment, April 2006

Languages

Spanish

Illustrative Matters

Client
Description
Environmental Impact Review and Litigation
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Advised MTA on environmental impact assessment and public approvals for Hudson Yards project on far west side of Manhattan. Defended various lawsuits challenging project in state and federal courts.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Advised MTA on environmental impact assessment and public approvals for Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn.
Empire State Development Corporation
Represent ESDC in proposed development by Columbia University in West Harlem.
Lincoln County, Nevada
Advised county on Department of Energy’s environmental assessment of transportation routes to the proposed Yucca Mountain repository for high level nuclear waste and spent fuel. 
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Advised LMDC on federal and state environmental impact assessments for various development projects in Lower Manhattan. Defended lawsuit challenging environmental review. 
Public Energy Authorities
Advise public authorities on environmental review for siting and relicensing of conventional, renewable, and alternative fuel power plants and transmission lines. 
Freedom of Information Law / Freedom of Information Act
Various Public Benefit Corporations
Advise state agencies on Freedom of Information Law requirements and defend lawsuits brought under this law.
Human Rights Watch
Advise non-profit organization pro-bono on federal Freedom of Information Act requests.
Corporate Transactions
Various Private Companies
Advise on environmental aspects of corporate transactions. 
Miscellaneous
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Civil Rights Committee
Drafted amicus briefs pro bono to Second Circuit and Southern District supporting challenge to provision of the USA PATRIOT Act concerning National Security Letters.