Attorney Profile
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 yearsSM 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