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John J. Gregory, Partner
John J. Gregory is a partner in the firm's Environmental Law Department, and specializes in environmental compliance counseling.
Mr. Gregory has significant experience in performing environmental and health and safety due diligence assessments and related transactional work for complex real property, corporate and lending transactions. He has provided strategic counseling on transactions involving the purchase and sale of real property ranging from individual commercial properties to large, multi-billion dollar commercial/industrial portfolios. Mr. Gregory is involved extensively in the remediation and redevelopment of contaminated Brownfield properties, including former landfill, military base and manufacturing facilities. He routinely assists clients in the negotiation and procurement of environmental insurance for such properties, including pollution liability and remedial cost cap insurance products. He also has substantial experience in conducting compliance audits for major industrial and commercial facilities. His practice covers federal and state programs involving solid and hazardous waste regulatory permitting, compliance and enforcement. Mr. Gregory's experience also includes providing due diligence and regulatory compliance counseling in connection with the acquisition and operation of oil refinery facilities, as well as extensive landfill experience, including counseling clients on the acquisition, operation, maintenance, closure and post-closure of solid and hazardous waste landfills. He has been involved extensively in federal and state Superfund and RCRA corrective action site cleanups. Mr. Gregory also provides regulatory counseling on natural gas pipeline health and safety matters, and has completed the US DOT Transportation Safety Institute's regulation compliance course for natural gas pipeline operators. He also has worked on matters involving the federal National Historic Preservation Act.
Prior to joining Farella, Mr. Gregory was senior counsel at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP in San Francisco, where he practiced environmental and health and safety law. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in California and Michigan, and worked for six years as an engineering consultant in the field of environmental and civil engineering.