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| As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to advance its understanding of the risk of “forever” chemicals on the drinking water, wastewater, solid waste and residuals front, it has released a first stage of its long-awaited risk assessment addressing PFAS in biosolids. On January 14, 2025, the EPA released a draft risk assessment of the... Read More > |
| Senior Counsel Jillian Jagling has been presented with the 2024 Up and Coming One to Watch Award from the Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association in recognition of having distinguished herself as a rising star in Municipal Law during 2024. For more information, visit our LinkedIn at call WGL at (914) 8989-2409 and ask for Shannon Kelly... Read More > |
| West Group Law PLLC (“WGL”) is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Syracuse, New York, located downtown in the Hogan Block of historic Armory Square. Now in its seventh year, WGL is headquartered in White Plains, New York, and it has additional offices in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. WGL... Read More > |
| West Group Law PLLC (“WGL”) recently represented a municipal sewer agency in a declaratory judgement action seeking to overturn the imposition of sewer impact fees on several residential construction projects that required changes of the zoning designations from single family to multi-family. The complaint cited projects that ranged from several months to several years old.... Read More > |
| Partner Steven “Tip” Torres to speak at the 2026 MMA Annual Conference – Connect 351 Workshop Titled: Local Legal Lens: Insights on Municipal Law on January 23, 2026 from 2:15-3:30pm. For more information, call WGL at 401-371-3602 and ask for Julie Ornberg or visit: https://www.mma.org/connect-351/. Read More > |
| Senior Counsel Jillian Jagling to present a webinar along with Megan Bridges of the Brockton Law Department and Nicole Constanzo of K-P Law at MMLA Lunch & Learn on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. This webinar is titled, “The Municipal Empowerment Bill – What’s In It For Your Community?” For more information please visit https://www.massmunilaw.org/events or... Read More > |
| Partner Steven “Tip” Torres to speak at the NBI Live Webinar Titled: Advanced Issues in Real Estate Transactions on October 28, 2025. The presentation is titled: “Environmental Issues for the Modern Real Estate Lawyer.” For more information, call WGL at 401-371-3602 and ask for Julie Ornberg or visit: http://www.nbi-sems.com. Read More > |
| Senior Counsel Jillian Jagling to Attend the MMLA Annual Conference in Northampton, MA from October 23-24, 2025. For more information please call WGL at 401-371-3602 and ask for Julie Ornberg or visit https://www.massmunilaw.org/ |
| Partner Steven “Tip” Torres to present at IMLA’s 90th Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA on October 20, 2025. This presentation is titled: “Building Success: Best Practices for Construction Projects- A Guide for Municipal Attorneys.” For more information please visit https://imla.org/ or call 401-371-3602 and ask for Julie Ornberg. |
| Partner Steven “Tip” Torres to speak at the NBI Live Webinar Titled: Reviewing Environmental Reports and Contractually Allocating Liabilities on July 22, 2025 from 3:00-4:00 P.M. For more information, call WGL at 401-371-3602 and ask for Julie Ornberg or visit: http://www.nbi-sems.com. |
| Partner Steven “Tip” Torres to speak at the NBI Live Webinar Titled: New York Construction Law From Start to Finish on July 14, 2025 and will speak on three separate topics at 9:00–9:30am, 9:30–10:15am, and 10:30–11:15am. For more information, call WGL at 401-371-3636 and ask for Julie Ornberg or visit: http://www.nbi-sems.com. Read More > |
| Partner Steven “Tip” Torres and Senior Counsel Jillian Jagling to present at the IMLA Conference Law Program, Providence, RI on June 26, 2025. This presentation is titled: “Best Practices for Construction Projects: A Providence School Construction Model.” For more information, visit https://imla.org/other-imla-events/ or call WGL 401-371-3602 and ask for Julie Ornberg. Read More > |
| Partner Steven “Tip” Torres to present at the Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association in Worcester, MA on June 5, 2025. This presentation is titled: “Federal Impacts on Municipal Law Program & Annual Business Meeting.” For more information, visit www.massmunilaw.org or call WGL 401-371-3602 and ask for Julie Ornberg. Read More > |
| Partner Steven “Tip” Torres to speak at the NBI 6-Hour Live National Webinar Titled: Public Contracts and Procurement: Representing Municipalities on May 30, 2025 from 11:00am – 12:00pm. For more information, call WGL at 401-371-3636 and ask for Julie Ornberg or visit: https://www.nbi-sems.com/. Read More > |
