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Born New York, New York. Admitted to the New York Bar: 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (2003), U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; (2003), U.S. District Court, Western District of New York (2010) and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida (2012).

Education:

Harpur College of the State University Of New York at Binghamton, B.A. Economics, Pace University School of Law, J.D. and Environmental Law Certificate.

Professional Memberships:

Association of the Bar of the City of New York

New York County Lawyers Association

Professional Memberships:

Association of the Bar of the City of New York

New York County Lawyers Association

Professional Memberships:

New York State Judicial Training Institute

Environmental Crimes Program Steering Committee Member

New York Committee on Occupational Safety and Health

Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy

Publications:

Boston, Madden, and Dubanevich, Law of Environmental and Toxic Torts: Cases Materials, and Problems, Teacher’s Manual, (2d Ed. West 2002)

Publications:

Presentations Hydrofracking: The Explosive Issue of Natural Gas Drilling, Center for Environmental Legal Studies and Center for Continuing Legal Education, Pace University School of Law, April14, 2011.

Professional Experience:

Prior to joining Parker Waichman, Mr. Dubanevich was the head of the environmental litigation department for a large New York based plaintiffs’ law firm. Mr. Dubanevich has represented municipal water districts and private individuals throughout New York, New England and Florida in ground water contamination cases related to the release of petroleum products containing the additive Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (“MTBE”), creosote, arsenic and other hazardous chemicals. He has facilitated the recovery of tens of millions of dollars on behalf of plaintiffs damaged by environmental contamination. Mr. Dubanevich represented hundreds of WTC rescue and recovery workers in the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund (VCF) and worked extensively in the World Trade Center litigation. Mr. Dubanevich was Director of Safety and Health for the New York State Building and Construction Trades’ Council, AFL-CIO, Director of the Hudson Valley regional Office for the New York Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, and President of Hudson Environmental Services. He has developed occupational and environmental compliance programs for labor and industry and lectured on the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, (CERCLA), Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) standards.

Practice Areas:

Mass Torts

Environmental Litigation

Toxic Torts

General Municipal Law

Defective Drug Liability

Products Liability

Class Actions

Complex Litigation

Labor Law

Negligence Litigation

Awards:

The Henry M. Feldschuh Environmental Law Award,

The White Plains Bar Association Outstanding Clinical Award

Pace University School of Law Excellence in Clinical Education Award

Toxic Victims Access to Justice Coalition Service Award.