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Michael David Lichtenstein
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Roseland
Tel: 973.597.2408 | Fax: 973.597.2409


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Michael David Lichtenstein represents business and industry in civil litigation involving a variety of issues and problems including environmental, insurance recovery and commercial litigation.  He is currently Co-Chair of Lowenstein's Insurance Practice Group.

Mr. Lichtenstein has a broad range of litigation experience in the fields of environmental cost recovery, insurance recovery, mass tort defense, defense of federal and state environmental enforcement actions, and disputes arising from the purchase/sale of contaminated property.  He has successfully negotiated settlements with federal and state agencies for the cleanup of contaminated property, and is experienced in handling complex issues involving environmental contamination and bankruptcy.  In addition to his environmental experience, Mr. Lichtenstein has successfully litigated cases involving complex commercial transactions, business torts, and routinely represents corporate policy holders seeking insurance coverage for a variety of claims. 

Mr. Lichtenstein is an active member of the Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section; has served as a visiting lecturer at the Rutgers University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey teaching a seminar in Toxic Torts; and has authored or co-authored numerous articles in the environmental and insurance coverage field.  For the last two years, he has served on Lowenstein Sandler’s Ethics & Practices Committee, where he addressed and resolved numerous legal and issue conflicts and participated in a review of the firm’s conflict checking practices and procedures. 

 




  • Claim Denied Newsletter
    Claim Denied Alert, July 2008
    Robert Chesler, Mitchell Decter, Michael Lichtenstein, Jeffrey Schulman, Cindy Sonenblick

  • Regulating Climate Change: A Summary of Federal and State Action
    The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, April 2008
    Michael Lichtenstein

  • Insurance Coverage for In-house Counsel
    Focus, a newsletter of the Association of Corporate Counsel New Jersey Chapter, February 11, 2008
    Michael Lichtenstein

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  • New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook
    Government Institutes, 7th Edition, September 2001
    Norman Spindel, Michael Dore, Michael Lichtenstein, Richard Ricci, James Stewart




  • Michael Lichtenstein discusses the resources available, including pro bono legal services, to women who are victims of domestic violence., The Star Ledger, December 23, 2007






  • September 10, 2008
    NJICLE Seminar about Regulating Climate Change



    Impressed interviewees report:  
    'The lawyers really care about our business
    and
    are truly dedicated to helping us succeed'
    – 2008 Chambers USA Guide




    Commercial & Business Litigation
    Environmental Law & Litigation
    Insurance Coverage
    Litigation
    Products & Specialty Torts


    Education

    University of Pennsylvania School of Law (J.D., 1991), cum laude
    Brandeis University (B.A., 1988), magna cum laude


    Clerk Experience

    U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Honorable Donald W. Van Artsdalen 




    Connecticut
    New Jersey
    New York




    • American Bar Association
    • New Jersey State Bar Association
    • New York State Bar Association
    • Connecticut State Bar Association



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