Andrew T. Alessandro

Andrew T. Alessandro

Associate, Environmental

Mr. Alessandro handles a wide variety of cases in the firm’s Environmental Group in both state and federal courts throughout New Jersey. Mr. Alessandro focuses his practice on environmental litigation arising under both federal and state laws, with particular emphasis on litigation involving the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the New Jersey Spill Act. He also guides clients with legal issues concerning site access, investigation and cleanup, and lead-based paint in residential units.

Prior to joining the firm, he served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Joseph L. Yannotti, P.J.A.D., New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, where he conducted research and wrote memoranda on civil, administrative, criminal, and family matters, and edited judicial opinions. While in law school, he served as business editor of the Rutgers University Law Review and represented clients as a clinical student for the Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic and the Entrepreneurship Clinic.

Credentials

Education

Rutgers School of Law - Newark (J.D.)

  • Rutgers University Law Review, Business Editor

Rutgers University (B.A.)

Professional Admissions

State of New Jersey

State of New York

Professional Activities

Member, Board of Directors of Environmental Law Section: New Jersey State Bar Association

Member, Justice Stewart G. Pollock Environmental American Inn of Court

Judicial Clerkship(s)

Law clerk to the Honorable Joseph L. Yannotti, P.J.A.D., New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, Newark, NJ, 2020-2021

Legal Employment

Clinical student, Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic, Rutgers School of Law, 2019

Clinical student, Entrepreneurship Clinic, Rutgers School of Law, 2019