Practice Areas: Environmental, Environmental Litigation
Licensed in New York since: 1978
Education: New York University School of Law
Languages Spoken: English, French, Italian
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2010 - 2024 Details
James J. Periconi is the managing principal and owner of Periconi, LLC, an environmental law firm in New York City, New York. Mr. Periconi's practice focuses nearly equally on commercial property transaction counseling, environmental litigation and regulatory matters. His creative and innovative ways of bringing difficult deals to successful conclusion has earned him the praise of developer and property-owning clients as well as professional recognition. Due to his experience, Mr. Periconi has twice been appointed a federal court Special Master in Clean Water Act cases and often acts as an expert witness in environmental law in federal and state actions, most recently in 2024 in a case in California.
Mr. Periconi has served on numerous environmental boards and organizations and has authored or co-authored several papers that have appeared in legal and environmental journals and publications. A New York native, born in the Bronx, Mr. Periconi is admitted to practice in the United States Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 3rd and 6th Circuits, as well as all federal district courts in New York. He received his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1977.
Practice areas
Environmental, Environmental Litigation- 90% Environmental
- 10% Environmental Litigation
First Admitted: 1978, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.periconi.com/attorney/james-j-periconi/
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1995
- Chair, New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, 1989 - Present, 2003 - 2004
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1984
- Member, New York State Bar Association, 1989 - Present
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1983
- New York, 1978
- International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF), International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF), 2011 - 2014
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1986
- Waste Management Genesco, Inc. Tropicana Simone Development Companies Meringoff Properties Triumvirate Environmental, Inc.
- In recent years, Mr. Periconi has expanded his due diligence practice beyond assisting real estate investors to evaluating environmental risks in business acquisitions for major national private equity companies investing in industrial companies throughout the United States.
- Mr. Periconi has headed the Audit Committee (and remains a working member) of a prominent New York City-based international bibliophilic association and is a member of the Audit Committee of a prominent New York City private club. He also serves as secretary of his homeowners’ association in East Boothbay, Maine.
- Chief of the Solid and Hazardous Waste Enforcement Bureau of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- President, Board of Trustees, The Pearl Theatre Company, 2006
- Special Master, Woods, et al. v. City of New York (E.D.N.Y.), 1993
- Special Master, New York Coastal Fisherman's Association v. New York City Dept. of Sanitation, et al. (S.D.N.Y.), 1992 - Present
- Martindale-Hubbell "AV" rated
- Who's Who in International Environment Lawyers for 2009-2013
- Columbia College, New York, New York, B.A. in English Literature, Dean's List, Danforth Graduate Fellow, 1970-1973
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, M.A. in English and Comparative Literature, 1972
- Instructor, Environmental Due Diligence in Commercial Real Estate Transactions, 3 Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal pp. 40-64 (Winter 2008)
- "The State of Environmental Crimes Prosecutions in New York", 23 Natural Resources and Environment (American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources) pp. 11-16 (Winter 2009)
- "New Duties to Tell Tenants if Indoor Air Tests Exceed Markers", New York Law Journal, co-Author, with Delight Balducci, Dec. 10, 2008
- Primary Co-Author of Environmental Law and Regulation in New York (West, 1996)
- Manufacturers
- Real Property Developers
- Real Property Owners
Office location for James J. Periconi
260 Madison Avenue
8th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-213-5500
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2010 - 2024
