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Pati Candelario

Associate
Roseland
T: +1 862.926.6569 F: +1 973.597.2400 pcandelario@lowenstein.com
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Pati Candelario represents companies and individuals in environmental litigation, regulatory matters, civil rights litigation, commercial disputes, and investigations. In her environmental practice, she advises commercial property owners and business operators on compliance, permitting, and remediation under federal and New Jersey law, and represents corporate clients in disputes involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination and environmental liability. Her litigation practice also includes federal and state constitutional claims, and she has represented clients in state and federal courts across the country. Pati previously clerked for Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Pati’s environmental work includes counseling on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA) obligations, air permitting, environmental review requirements, and PFAS-related regulatory developments. She also handles environmental contamination and remediation disputes.

In her broader litigation and investigations practice, Pati represents private parties in constitutional litigation, including matters arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and matters involving the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Pati was the firm's 2022 Pro Bono Fellow in the Lowenstein Center for the Public Interest. She maintains an active pro bono practice focused on asylum matters, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status cases, representation in immigration courts, and criminal resentencing.

Prior to joining Lowenstein, Pati interned for the Honorable Esther Salas of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. A former high school Spanish teacher and Teach For America corps member, Pati remains deeply committed to expanding educational opportunities and mentorship. She founded The Law Key Program, which provides mentorship, academic support, and professional development opportunities to first-generation high school and college students interested in legal careers. Pati is involved with the Association of Black Women Lawyers and Rutgers Law School's Minority Student Program and is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and Dominican Bar Association.

  • Represent a major transportation company in environmental review and permitting matters, including federal compliance, arising from a significant transportation transaction.
  • Advise commercial property owners and business operators on compliance with the CERCLA, Clean Air Act and state air permitting requirements, and New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law (N.J.S.A. 13:1D-157).
  • Represent corporate clients in litigation involving PFAS contamination, including cost-recovery and contribution claims against prior property owners and operators for legacy contamination.
  • Counsel clients on developments in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, CERCLA liability, and PFAS-related enforcement risk, including EPA’s designation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as CERCLA hazardous substances.
  • Represent private plaintiffs in complex civil rights litigation against New Jersey county jails, asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the U.S. Constitution, and the New Jersey Civil Rights Act.
  • Represented individuals seeking asylum in affirmative interviews before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Newark Asylum Office and in removal proceedings before U.S. immigration courts.

Education

  • Rutgers Law School (J.D. 2021), cum laude; representative and audit chair, Student Bar Association; Minority Student Program

    Johns Hopkins University (M.S. Ed 2018)

    The College of New Jersey (B.A. 2013)

Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

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