Heidi S. Minuskin

• Selected to the 2012-2024 New Jersey Super Lawyers®* list, published by Thomson Reuters
• Listed among The Best Lawyers in America© in the fields of Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental, Real Estate Law and Land Use and Zoning Law (2021-2025)*
• Selected to Morris County's Top Lawyers list (2024)
• Included in the list of New Jersey Super Lawyers® - Environmental* (2009, 2012-2023)*, published by Thomson Reuters
• Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Law Firms - Environmental (2008-2022)
• Selected as one of the 2019 Top Rated Lawyers in Real Estate Law by ALM
• AV® rated, the highest rating conferred by Martindale-Hubbell® for legal ability and professional ethics, based upon a peer review of the Bar and the Judiciary*
• Honorable Mention, New Jersey Commerce and Industry Association, Enterprising Women in Commerce, 2021

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• Co-Author, "Individual Owner Held Personally Liable for Enviornmental Remediation Costs Despite Corporate Entity," June 18, 2024
• Co-Author, "NJDEP Suggests New Proposal to Expedite Remedial Action Permit Applications," November 21, 2023
• Co-Author, "Expediting Your Project With NJDEP- Prioritizing Five Types of Remedial Action Permit Applications," Legal Updates for Businesses, October 19, 2023
• Co-Author, "Potential Chilling Effect of New Inland Flood Protection Rule and Disclosure Law," August 11, 2023
• Co-Author, "Arrival of NJDEP Environmental Justice Regulations Provide Roadmap for Businesses into New Compliance World," May 12, 2023
• Co-Author, "NJDEP May Subject Responsible Parties to Direct Oversight for PFAS Remediation Wiithout Prior Court Approval and Adjudication of Good-Cause Defenses," January 19, 2023
• Co-Author, "Contractors, Developers and Other Handlers of Soil and Fill Recycling Services Beware of Dangers for Non-Compliance with New Jersey's Dirty Dirt Law," May 9, 2022
• Instructor, "Response Action Outcomes (RAOs): Important Practtioner Tips," LSRPA Virtual Member Regulatory Roundtable, May 17, 2022
• Co-author, "Beware of Upcoming Deadlines to Complete Site Remediation," Legal Updates for Businesses, February 2022
• Instructor, "Response Action Outcomes (RAOs): Important Practitioner Tips," LSRPA Member Regulatory Roundtable, May 7, 2022
• Co-author, "Climate Change Initiatives Result in Big Impact to Business Operations," May 11, 2021
• Co-author, "Environmental Justice Law Likely to Add Cost and Time to New Jersey Development Projects for Years to Come," March 2, 2021
• Speaker, “Response Action Outcomes-Is There Ever Finality?” LSRPA New Jersey Site Remediation Conference (February 9, 2021)
• Speaker, "Avoiding Costly Environmental Pitfalls Associated with Purchasing or Leasing Commercial Real Estate," Northeast NJ Chapter of the Appraisal Institute (September 19, 2019)
• Author, "Status of Lower Passaic River and Berry's Creek Study Area Cleanup and Litigation," January 2019
• Speaker, "Lower Passaic River and Berry’s Creek Clean Up and Litigation," New Jersey State Bar Association Insurance Law Section (January 31, 2019)
• Speaker, "The Renaissance of Urban Areas: Woodbridge and Beyond," CIANJ (September 15, 2017)
• Moderator, "New Life to Old Cities: Urban Redevelopment," CIANJ Real Property Roundtable (June 10, 2016)Moderator, "How will Valuations, Tax Changes & Rate Environment Impact you in 2016?," CIANJ Real Property Roundtable (January 29, 2016)
• Lecturer, PIA (2014)
• Lecturer, NJSCPA (2014)
•  Lecturer, NJSCPA (2008)
• Co-Author, "Keeping Your Neighbor in the Loop: Public Notice of Site Remediation" CIANJ Magazine (2008)
• Co-Author, "In Hot Pursuit of NRD Claims," Environmental Claims Journal, 19(4):219-238(2007) "NRD Claims: What's Recoverable, What's Not?", NJPA Real Estate Journal (2006)
• Co-Author, “Cleaning Your Neighbor’s Property,” New Jersey Law Journal (2002)
• Lecturer, Majess Lecture Series (1995)
• Lecturer, Monmouth County Board of Realtors (1990)
• Lecturer, HazMat International (1989-1990)
• Lecturer, New Jersey Real Estate Commission (1989)
• Co-Author, “ECRA Compliance,” Mathew Bender New Jersey Transaction Guide (1989)
• Co-Author, "The Hidden Costs of a Home Purchase," Garden State Woman Magazine (Issue 47)

• Member, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
• Member, American Bar Association (Section on Natural Resources)
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association (Sections on Environmental, Corporate and Business Law)
• Member, New York State Bar Association (Section on Environmental Law)
• Member, Commercial Real Estate Alliance United Industrial Group (CREA United)
• Member, Environmental Business Council of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (EBC)
• Master, Justice Stewart G. Pollock Environmental Inn of Court
• Co-Chairperson, Real Property Forum of the Commerce and Industry Association of NJ
• Member, New Jersey License Site Remediation Professional Association
• Past Committee Member, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Near-Term Priorities Committee

• Represented clients in Newark Bay Complex litigation and Lower Passaic River, Newark Bay, and Berry's Creek Superfund matters
• Developed procedure for addressing environmental insurance claims and negotiated substantial settlements
• Negotiated significant federal Superfund and state law environmental Settlement
• Performed due diligence reviews of real property and major corporations and undertook emergent ISRA submissions to allow transactions to be consummated
• Negotiated significant NRD settlements and environmental property damage claims
• Aided numerous lending institutions in assessing environmental risks associated with various financing arrangements and developing risk assessment policies
• Negotiated significant private party cost recovery settlements

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