Chair, Environmental Law and Litigation Practice

When environmental litigation and regulatory issues threaten to severely impact their businesses, clients turn to Rich Ricci for his ability to quickly synthesize and resolve those issues. As chair of the practice, he has been in the environmental law trenches almost as far back as the enactment of the federal Superfund law. His expansive practice encompasses Superfund, toxic tort and hazardous waste litigation; cleanup and cost-recovery actions; injunctive and penalty proceedings; and construction, insurance coverage and related commercial litigation issues. Rich has been lead counsel in many high-stakes environmental matters, and clients are quick to acknowledge that his commitment to them and concern for their business outcome is the gold standard in working with outside counsel.

Rich has a national reputation. He has successfully tried cases from New York to Illinois to Arkansas as well as in New Jersey. He also provides counseling and transactional support on corporate and real estate transactions with environmental components.

Rich is an active member of the Chemistry Council of New Jersey and frequently speaks at their events. He also serves as co-chair of the board of Kids Corp., a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving educational and health care opportunities for disadvantaged children in Newark.