Experience

Attorney John W. Giorgio has over 20 years of experience in the area of municipal law and specializes in environment law and public sector procurement and contract law. He counsels municipalities on wastewater treatment, public water supply, hazardous waste, and landfill compliance issues with a special emphasis on advising clients with respect to innovative contracting methods to achieve regulatory compliance. These methods include design build operate contracts for new wastewater treatment plants and other public works facilities, landfill operating agreements, intermunicipal agreements, and long-term leasing arrangements. Attorney Giorgio represents municipalities in NPDES and groundwater discharge permit renewals, as well as federal and state wastewater compliance enforcement actions, and solid waste administrative consent orders.

Attorney Giorgio also specializes in municipal finance. He represents municipal clients in all aspects of budgeting and has developed several home rule petitions to address unique municipal financial challenges. He has also represented municipalities before state-imposed financial control boards.

Representative Matters

• Negotiated Brownfields’ covenants not to sue with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• Negotiated several CERCLA and 21E claims on behalf of municipal clients in connection with public water supply contamination.
• Negotiated several landfill operating agreements and host community agreements.
• Represented over twenty municipalities in negotiating long-term solid waste disposal agreement with resource recovery facilities.
• Negotiated several design build operate contracts on behalf of municipal wastewater entities.
• Represented municipalities in federal and state wastewater compliance enforcement actions.

Prior Experience

Interstate Commerce Commission, Boston, MA and Washington, DC
Senior Trial Attorney, Enforcement Division (1979-1986)
Assistant Chief, Environmental Division (1973-1979)
Represented the agency on the environmental aspects of railroad construction and abandonment projects, and rate proceedings.

Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Trial Division (1981-1982)

Association & Professional Memberships

• Massachusetts Municipal Association, Environmental Committee

Bar & Court Admissions

• Massachusetts Bar
• U.S. District Court (Mass.)
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States

Education

Boston College Law School
Juris Doctor, 1973
Articles Editor, Environmental Affairs Law Review

Georgetown University
Bachelor of Arts, 1970

Speaking Engagements

• Frequent speaker at the MMA Annual Meeting, Massachusetts Manager’s Association, the Massachusetts Auditor’s Association, and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education programs. Seminar topics include: municipal eminent domain authority, public construction and contracting, and innovations in complex procurements.
• Solid Waste Contracting and Procurement Seminar, Department of Environmental Protection, 2006 and 2007

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