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Biography

Mr. Miano has been practicing environmental law for more than twenty years.  His practice includes all facets of environmental law and litigation, including federal and state cases involving the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Hazardous Waste laws, Superfund and Brownfields redevelopment.  His clients include industrial corporations, commercial entities and municipalities. 

Before entering private practice, Mr. Miano was an Assistant Regional Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Hazardous Waste Branch. He is an adjunct professor at Rutgers University Law School, where he teaches courses on environmental law. He is a frequent lecturer and has written on various environmental legal issues for a variety of publications. He has also served as a course planner for several national environmental law programs.

Education

Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire, 1985
J.D.

George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1982
B.S., Environmental Studies

Clerkship

The Honorable Martin F. Loughlin, United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 1985

Honors and Awards

Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
Who’s Who of Business Lawyers for Environmental Law
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America
Distinguished Child Advocate, Support Center for Child Advocates, 1997

Publications

• Rapanos’ Reach: Jurisdictional Effects on the TDML Program, Natural Resources & Environment, Summer 2007 (with Joseph Litvin)
• Eastern Water Law & Policy Reporter, Editor 2006 (with co-editors Prof. Robert H. Abrams, Richard S. Davis, Esq., Prof. Noah D. Hall, William A. Wilcox, Jr., Esq., Jill N. Willis, Esq.)
• TMDLs: Ignore Them at Your Peril, Environmental Law 2005 Special Section to The Legal Intelligencer, May 2, 2005 (with Michael Crane)
• Superfund Redux: Will EPA’s New Post Construction Policy Reopen Site Remedies?, 50 Environmental Reporter (2005)
• Eastern Water Law: Historical Perspectives and Emerging Trends, Natural Resources & Environment, Fall 2003 (with Michael E. Crane)
• Clean Water Act Jurisdiction: Where Is It Now?, Water Quality and Wetlands Committee Newsletter, ABA Section of Environment Energy and Resources, Mar. 2003
• Protecting Environmental Claims in an Era of More Frequent Bankruptcy Filings, 40 Environmental Reporter, 2003 (with Mary M. MaloneyHuss and Sarah Wills)
• Wetlands: Section 404, The Clean Water Act Handbook, 2nd ed., 2003 (with Sylvia Quast)
• Law Takes a Major Step Toward Water Resources Management, The Legal Intelligencer, Dec. 19, 2002
• Developers Beware: Endangered Species Ahead, The Legal Intelligencer, Apr. 19, 2001
• EHS Crisis Management In The New Millennium: An Opportunity to Partner With Outside Counsel, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Nov. 1999
• Can You Define A Wetland? Significant Changes In Wetlands Jurisdiction Under The Clean Water Act, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
• Peer Reviewer for Section’s Basic Practice Series Book on the Resource
  Conservation and Recovery Act

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Currently serving as Secretary and Member of Executive Committee
• American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Editor-in-Chief of Section publication, Trends, 1997-2001
• American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Water Quality and Wetlands Committee, Co-Chair, 2001-2003
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
• Philadelphia Bar Association, Member
• West Virginia Bar Association, Member

Community

Support Center for Child Advocates, Board Member and Vice President, 1998 – 2005
Graduate, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Arts & Business Council, Business on Board Program

Teaching / Lecturing

Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University Law School, Camden, New Jersey

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania, 1985
West Virginia, 2006