William J. Dubanevich (Associate) Born New York, New York. Admitted to the New York Bar: 2003, U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern and Districts of New York; 2003, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York; 2010. 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 Experience: Prior to joining Parker Waichman LLP, 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 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. Publications: Boston, Madden, and Dubanevich, Law of Environmental and Toxic Torts: Cases Materials, and Problems, Teacher’s Manual, (2d Ed. West 2002). Practice Areas: Mass Torts, Environmental Litigation, Toxic Torts, Defective Drug Liability, Products Liability, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Labor Law and Negligence Litigation. Awards: The Henry M. Feldschuh Environmental Law Award, White Plains Bar Association Outstanding Clinical Award, Pace University School of Law Excellence in Clinical Education Award and Toxic Victims Access to Justice Coalition Service Award. Presentations: 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. Committees: 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.