Michael Giannotto, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and a member of its Environmental Practice, specializes in counseling and complex litigation in several areas, including environmental law, toxic torts and insurance coverage disputes.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Giannotto is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section on Natural Resources and the Environment.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Giannotto is a frequent speaker at conferences dealing with environmental issues. His publications include “EPA’s Developing Strategy for Increased Regulation and Oversight of the Hardrock Mining Industry” (43 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, Chapter 14, 1997); “The Uncertain Effects of Environmental Justice on the Mining Industry” (1999 Mining Lawyers Conference, National Mining Association, 1999); and “Environmental Justice and the Mining and Energy Industries” (21 Energy & Min. L. Inst., Chapter 4, 2001).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mr. Giannotto was a partner at Shea & Gardner prior to its combination with Goodwin Procter in 2004. Prior to his work at Shea & Gardner, he served as a law clerk to Justice Morris Pashman of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Giannotto is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia and New Jersey, as well as to the bars of various federal courts around the country.
RECOGNITION
In 1997, the Secretary for Natural Resources of the Commonwealth of Virginia appointed Mr. Giannotto to a blue ribbon panel to investigate and evaluate the Water Quality Program of the Commonwealth’s Department of Environmental Quality. The results of that report were later published (see Water Quality Program of the Department of Natural Resources of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Institute for Regulatory Science, 1997).
Mr. Giannotto has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Mining Law and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Environment Law. While attending law school, he served as a Senior Editor of the Harvard Law Review .