Eric Rothenberg
Partner
Eric B. Rothenberg is a partner in O’Melveny’s New York office and directs the Environmental Practice. He represents business and financial institutions in a broad range of adversarial environmental matters, including superfund proceedings, toxic tort claims and private cost recovery actions.
Drawing upon prior experience as a graduate-degree environmental engineer, Eric directs diligence and documentation of transactions, financings and reorganizations involving industrial and commercial properties. He also serves as lead counsel and court-appointed allocation counsel at National Priorities List superfund sites. He is a frequent speaker and author of numerous publications including current U.S. and International Environmental Law summaries for the PLI Corporate Legal Counsel series. He is recognized by
Best Lawyers in America,
Super Lawyers,
Chambers USA and
International Who’s Who as one of the leading U.S. environmental lawyers.
Professional Activities
Admitted, New York, Missouri
Admitted to Practice, U.S. Supreme Court
Member, American Bar Association; The Bar of the City of New York; American Industrial Hygiene Association
Author, "Latest Developments in International Maritime Environmental Regulation,"
The Tulane Maritime Law Journal (winter ed., 2008); "The Greening of Older Buildings,"
New York Law Journal (September 29, 2008); International Environmental Law,"
International Corporate Practice: A Practitioner's Guide To Global Success (PLI, 2nd ed., 2008)
; “Successfully Minimizing Risk”
in Environmental Law Deal Strategies (Aspatore Books 2008); “Exploring the Carbon Trading Landscape,”
New York Law Journal (July 16, 2007); “USEPA and State Brownfield Programs,” RTM/BNA Contaminated Property Transaction Symposium, Washington DC (April 11-12, 2007); "Overview of Environmental Law,"
Corporate Legal Departments (PLI, 6th ed., 2006); “Overview of Environmental Law,” Westchester/Fairfield County ACCA Mergers and Acquisitions Conference (Sept. 22, 2005); “Federal and State Superfund Laws Affecting Business and Financial Transaction,” New York State Bar Association Annual Environmental Conference (July 2005)
Editor, “Environmental Risk Management: A Desk Reference,”
Risk Management Technologies, Inc., 2d ed. (1998)
Research Assistant Professor, Harvard University School of Public Health, 1976
Awards, PLC Cross-border Environmental Handbook - Recommended in Environment: Corporate Section in NY (2008/2009);
Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2009); Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2008);
The Best Lawyers in America (2010, 2009, and 2008 editions);
Corporate Counsel "Top Lawyer" (2008);
PLC - Which Lawyer? (2008, 2009);
International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006 Editions);
International Who’s Who of Environmental Lawyers (2009 Edition); Named a "Super Lawyer" in a survey conducted by Law & Politics Media Inc. and published in
New York Times magazine (2007, 2009);
Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition (2010); Recognized as one of the New York Area's Top Lawyers by
New York Magazine (2009)