Matthew Watsky

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Practice areas

• Environmental law
• Administrative law
• Environmental permitting
• Coastal environmental law
• Wetlands regulation
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• Aviation law (FAA)
• Hazardous waste
• Solid waste
• Zoning law
• Subdivisions
• Real estate development
• Land use
• Zoning and planning

Admitted to practice

• Massachusetts, 1985
• New York, 1989
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1994

Honors and awards

• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated for 15 years^SM by Martindale-Hubbell®
• Named by FindLaw as a Massachusetts Superlawyer, 2012
• Top Rated Lawyer for Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources, 2013

Education

• Boston University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1985
• State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A., 1979

Memberships

• Property Law Section Council, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1996–1999

Special agencies

• Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA)
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

Biography

• Deputy General Counsel, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), 1985–1990
• Westwood Zoning Board of Appeals, 1985–1987
• Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce
  • Chairman, 1995–1996
  • Director, 1991–1999
• Neponset River Watershed Association
  • President, 1999–2001
  • Director, 1994–2001