Partner Phillips Lytle, LLP
Practice Areas Environmental Cleanup; Energy Law; Brownfields; Renewable Energy; Environmental Compliance; Nanotechnology; Carbon Sequestration; Hazardous Waste Regulation; Superfund
Mr. Flynn is the practice team leader for the Firm's Energy and Nanotechnology practice teams. Mr. Flynn's practice is concentrated in the areas of environmental law and energy. With respect to environmental law, Mr. Flynn concentrates on regulatory compliance consultations and brownfield redevelopment. He has written extensively on environmental topics including environmental issues related to nanotechnology development. He was involved in the first successful conversion of a former industrial brownfield into a modern manufacturing facility in New York State. In addition, Mr. Flynn advises clients on business development issues and the regulation of energy before state and federal authorities. He also advises clients on the development and siting of renewable energy, coal gasification, merchant power generating and carbon sequestration facilities, and licensing of hydropower projects.
Admitted to Practice New York U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
Education State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1987 State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., 1983
Publications Author, "Managing The Challenges of Greenhouse Gas Regulation", Business First of Buffalo, December 2007
"Advising Clients On Greenhouse Gas Emissions' Reporting" Published Interview with The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, April 2008
Co-Author, "Geologic Sequestration", Energy Online, Spring 2008
"Liability Transfer Programs Can Facilitate Brownfields Redevelopment", Earth Matters (Phillips Lytle Newsletter), November 2005
Contributing Editor and Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board, RCRA Corrective Action Manual
Environmental Law Columnist, Business First of Buffalo
Professional Associations American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Bar Association of Erie County
Buffalo Law Review, Member, Publications Editor - 1987
Present Activities National Brownfield Association, Executive Committee, New York Chapter (2007-Present) Amherst Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors (2005-Present), Vice Chairman (2007 - Present) The Council of The Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Member (1999-Present) Nativity of Mary Home School Association, Member, Past President (2001 - 2003) State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law Alumni Association, Member (2005-Present) Seminars Introduction to Brownfields, New York State Community Seminar Series, Co-Presenter, February and April, 2008
Brownfield Development, NBA BIG Deal, Panelist, September 2007
NanoBiotech 2007, Keynote Speaker, August 2007
"Managing the Risks of New Technologies," DuPont Legal Network Annual Meeting, April 2007
"Environmental Law and Watershed Protection: Some Recent Developments," October 2006
"Nanotechnology and Emerging Environmental Issues," Nanotech 2006, August 2006
International Brownfield Symposium, National Brownfield Association, June 2006
"Green in Brown: How to Make Brownfields Your Success Story," June 2004