Maggie Macdonald, Associate

Maggie Macdonald joined the firm after graduating from the New York University School of Law in 2011.

Maggie focuses her practice on environmental litigation, environmental impact review, and land use issues. Since joining the firm she has worked on brownfields and zoning E designation submissions for sites in New York City, as well as state environmental quality review, storm water pollution prevention, and landlord-tenant disputes. Her work has also involved enforcement under federal environmental laws including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

While in law school, Maggie was an Executive Editor of the New York University Environmental Law Journal and served as the Chair of the Environmental Law Society and Co-Chair of the Open Meditation and Yoga Society. She also participated as a student representative on the Student-Faculty Curriculum Committee and on the Sustainability Committee. During her first year of law school she interned at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in Region 2, where she focused on tidal wetlands enforcement. During her second year she was a summer associate at SPR and in her third year she participated in the Natural Resources Defense Council clinical program, working on issues relating to water conservation.

Affiliations/Activities:

Maggie passed the 2011 New York State Bar Examination and is a candidate for admission to the New York State Bar, First Judicial Department. Maggie is a member of the Bar Association of the City of New York.

Education

• New York University School of Law, J.D. 2011
• Harvard College, B.A. 2008, magna cum laude

Publications

• State and Regional Carbon Reduction Markets in the United States, Environmental Claims Journal (2007) (with Jeffrey B. Gracer)