Greenberg Traurig Expansion Continues in Philadelphia Office with the Addition of Five Environmental Attorneys

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Philadelphia office with the addition of attorneys David G. Mandelbaum, Monique M. Mooney, and Marc Davies, who joined as Shareholders in the Environmental and Litigation Practice Groups. Additionally, Sabrina Mizrachi and Caleb J. Holmes joined as Associates. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, the five attorneys were with Ballard Spahr.

“We are excited further to grow the Philadelphia office,” said Michael Lehr, Managing Shareholder of the office. "This is a terrific group of lawyers from top to bottom. Adding this group to our existing environmental capacity will, I believe, place us among the top environmental practices - in both depth and scope - regionally as well as nationally.”

Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental Practice is one of the firm’s oldest practice groups. The team includes more than 60 lawyers and five environmental professionals. With a team of more than 500 attorneys, Greenberg Traurig’s litigation practice offers firsthand experience and wide-ranging resources to protect clients’ interests in virtually every area of litigation.

Mandelbaum, formerly partner-in-charge of the Environmental Group at Ballard Spahr, represents clients on issues relating to wastewater, solid waste, and air permitting matters, and advises clients on sustainability and climate change. Examples of his current work include representing a manufacturer in a nationally-significant Superfund sediment contamination case scheduled for trial in early 2010 and an oil and gas developer in litigation over mineral rights in about 187,000 acres of the Allegheny National Forest. Mandelbaum is also vice-chair of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, vice-chair of the Pennsylvania Statewide Water Resources Committee, and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Temple University. He received a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an A.B. from Harvard College.

Mooney represents clients in a wide range of civil and criminal environmental litigation, transactional and regulatory counseling, and compliance matters. Mooney has extensive experience assisting clients with environmental due diligence in connection with real estate and business transactions and assessing the value of environmentally impaired real estate for institutional lenders. She also is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Temple University. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, a M.A. from the University of Colorado, and a B.A. from St. John’s College.

Davies also focuses his practice on litigation and environmental issues involving contaminated sediment sites, real estate, business and financial transactions. He has significant experience assisting pharmaceutical and industrial clients in responding to governmental investigations and criminal prosecutions. He received his J.D. from Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, a M.A. and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mizrachi and Holmes also focus their practices in the areas of litigation and environmental. Mizrachi received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and a B.A. from Boston University. Holmes received his J.D., Master of Studies in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School and a B.A. from Middlebury College.

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with approximately 1750 attorneys serving clients from more than 30 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. In the U.S., the firm has more offices than any other among the Top 20 on The National Law Journal’s 2008 NLJ 250. In the U.K., the firm operates as Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP. Additionally, Greenberg Traurig has strategic alliances with the following independent law firms: Studio Santa Maria in Milan and Rome, TA Lawyers GKJ in Tokyo, and Weber Law Office in Zurich. The firm was Chambers and Partners' USA Law Firm of the Year in 2007 and among the Top 3 in the International Law Firm of the Year at the 2009 The Lawyer Awards. For additional information, please visit www.gtlaw.com.