Pamela S. Goodwin

For 30 years, Pamela Goodwin has devoted her practice to environmental permitting, counseling and litigation. She has represented a diverse group of clients, including representations of the solid waste, energy and agricultural industries.

Ms. Goodwin has assisted clients in the acquisition, development and siting of landfills, power plants, solar and wind projects. Such recent projects have included:

• Represented a major international power company in environmental due diligence and prospective permitting relating to 1) the acquisition and development of a waste-coal fired power plant; and 2) a resource recovery facility;
• Represented a major energy company and leading wind producer in environmental due diligence and prospective permitting relating to a wind farm project in Pennsylvania;
• Represented a hydroelectric company with substantial water related assets in its interstate water regulatory issues.

Her litigation case load ranges from two-party contract disputes to complex multiparty actions. She is skilled in the art of dispute resolution and prides herself in assisting clients to reach negotiated settlement of disputed claims.

She has provided counsel in connection with negotiation of a number of major solid waste disposal contracts, including contracts with Pennsylvania and New Jersey counties and cities. In 1984, Ms. Goodwin served as Special Counsel to the Advisory Committee for Public Participation in Hazardous Waste Management in Pennsylvania, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources. Currently she serves by appointment of the Governor as Chair of the New Jersey Clean Water Council.

Ms. Goodwin has also been a frequent lecturer on behalf of organizations such as the Environmental Section of the New Jersey Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, The League of Women Voters, and Robert Morris Associates. In addition to those environmental organizations, Ms. Goodwin has also participated in seminars sponsored by Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, and Law and Business, Inc., lecturing on topics including groundwater regulation, nuclear waste disposal, solid waste planning, hazardous waste facility citing, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, Lender Liability, the Internet for Environmental Practitioners. She also addresses environmental issues in real estate transactions.