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| Education: |
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NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, J.D., MAGNA CUM LAUDE, 1976 |
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ARTICLES EDITOR, NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL LAW REVIEW, 1974-1976 |
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT CORTLAND, B.S., 1973 |
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| Bar Admission: |
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03/16/1977 NEW YORK |
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| Court Admissions: |
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1977 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW YORK, EASTERN DISTRICT |
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1977 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW YORK, SOUTHERN DISTRICT |
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1986 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT |
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1986 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES |
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1989 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW YORK, NORTHERN DISTRICT |
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| Bar Affiliations: |
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ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, MEMBER, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW COMMITTEE, 1993-1996 |
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AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MEMBER |
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NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, CHAIR, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SECTION |
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ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW COMMITTEE, 1995 - PRESENT |
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ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, MEMBER, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW COMMITTEE, 1990-1993 |
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NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, MEMBER, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SECTION |
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NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, CO-CHAIR, CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE, 1993 - PRESENT |
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NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, CO-CHAIR, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE, 1986-1990 |
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| Government Service: |
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NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD, MEMBER, APPOINTED BY HON. MARIO M. CUOMO, GOVERNOR, JUNE 1992 |
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| Honors and Awards: |
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RECIPIENT, COMMISSIONER ORIN LEHMAN'S ANNUAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD, 1990 |
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| Biography:
Gail S. Port is the head of Proskauer Rose LLP’s interdepartmental Environmental Practice Group, based in the New York office. Gail has been practicing environmental law, land use and litigation for over 30 years. Her practice at Proskauer is concentrated in counseling clients, nationally and internationally, respecting environmental risks in mergers and acquisitions and real estate transactions and financings, environmental compliance, enforcement and remediation, environmental litigation and administrative proceedings and land use.
Prior to joining Proskauer, from 1984-1989 Gail was the Deputy General Counsel (and Acting General Counsel) and the chief environmental advisor to the New York State Urban Development Corporation, where she was involved in the environmental law aspects of high visibility large-scale land use and development projects and related financing transactions.
Gail, a 1976 magna cum laude graduate of New York Law School, has lectured and written widely on a broad spectrum of environmental topics. As an adjunct faculty member of Pace University School of Law in 2000, she taught “Commercial Environmental Law” to J.D. and Environmental LLM candidates.
Gail is also the past Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section, the former Chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and a member of the Boards of Directors of the prestigious organizations Environmental Advocates of New York, the New York League of Conservation Voters and its educational affiliate, the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund. Gail also serves as a founding member of the Board of Advisors of the New York City Environmental Law Leadership Institute.
Since June 1992 following her appointment by Governor Cuomo (and confirmation by the State Senate), Gail has served as one of only five citizen members on the New York State Environmental Board. She since has been reappointed to the Board twice by Governor Pataki. The State Environmental Board is a governmental entity responsible for overseeing the promulgation of environmental regulations and environmental policy in the State.
Gail is honored to be listed as a leading environmental lawyer in The Best Lawyers in America (2005-2008), New York Super Lawyers (2006-2008), where she is also listed as one of the top 50 female attorneys in the New York City Metropolitan area, the 2005-2008 editions of Chambers USA, the 2005-2007 editions of Who’s Who Legal (The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers) and PLC Cross-border Environment Handbook (2006 and 2007).
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