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.
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
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
Civic/Charitable Activities
Jeanne P. Alessandro Foundation, Treasurer, 2011 – Present
Legal Employment
Clinical student, Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic, Rutgers School of Law, 2019
Clinical student, Entrepreneurship Clinic, Rutgers School of Law, 2019