Jonathan Spergel

Practice Areas

Corporate and Commercial Transactions; Corporate Compliance and Other Regulatory Programs; Site Development and Brownfield Redevelopment; Superfund and Site Remediation; Sustainability; Waste; and Water.

Career

Jonathan Spergel is the immediate past managing partner of MGKF where he started his legal career in 1993. He handles a wide variety of environmental legal issues, including the environmental aspects of commercial transactions and brownfields sites, environmental insurance procurement and coverage issues, public funding opportunities, regulatory compliance counseling, and litigation for commercial, industrial, residential, and individual clients. From September 2001 to February 2003, Jonathan served as general counsel of O'Neill Properties, a regional real estate development company that focused on the redevelopment of brownfield sites.

Professional Memberships

Admitted in Pennsylvania and New Jersey;

Montgomery County Redevelopment Authority (Chairman); and International Council of Shopping Centers.

Publications

EPA Publishes Proposed Rule and Direct Final Rule to Incorporate ASTM E1527-21 Phase I Standard into the Code of Federal Regulations; New Act 2 Cleanup Standards; and

NJDEP Promulgates Major Revisions to Soil Remediation Standards and Codifies Vapor Intrusion Standards.

Personal

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1993;

Stanford University, B.A., with distinction, 1988.

Board member of Legacy Youth Tennis and Education and City Avenue Special Services District.