Jill Kaplan

Practice Areas

Corporate and Commercial Transactions

Corporate Compliance and Other Regulatory Programs

Data Centers

Occupational Safety and Health Compliance

PFAS and Emerging Contaminants

Site Development and Brownfields Redevelopment

Superfund and Site Remediation

Waste

Career

Jill has a wide variety of experience in environmental and safety counseling and litigation. She has handled many Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") compliance and enforcement matters for clients across the country including matters involving fatalities and serious injuries, challenging Citations, advising on OSHA programs and procedures, and submitting comments on and challenging new OSHA standards. Jill’s environmental practice is equally varied and includes designing, overseeing and performing environmental health and safety audits; advising clients on environmental aspects of real estate development and management and ways to limit their potential liability; and assisting clients to comply with complex regulatory schemes such as hazardous and non-hazardous waste regulations, stormwater requirements, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act requirements, and Superfund and cleanup laws. Other areas where Jill has in-depth experience include asbestos, mold and indoor air quality and environmental insurance. Jill’s diverse practice stems from the broad range of clients she has represented, including a global manufacturer of lead-acid batteries, a leading telecommunications company, a national drug store chain, railroads, hospitals, port facilities, and prominent brownfields redevelopers.

Professional Memberships

Delaware Valley Environmental American Inn of Court

President (2025-2026)

Former Treasurer

Former Chair of the Program Committee

Society of Women Environmental Professionals of Greater Philadelphia

Chemistry Council of New Jersey

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Environmental, Mineral, and Natural Resources Law Section

Chair (2004)

Publications

One Year In: OSHA’s Direction Under the Second Trump Administration

MGKF Special Alert - 2026 Federal Forecast - January 20, 2026

Expect a Leaner and More Focused OSHA under Trump

MGKF Special Alert - 2025 Federal Forecast - January 17, 2025

New Jersey Environmental Justice Initiative Reviews and Takeaways

MGKF Special Alert - 2025 New Jersey Forecast - January 17, 2025

A Proactive Response to OSHA's Proposed Heat Rule

September 9, 2024

The Legal Intelligencer

Work Highlights

Her representative matters include the following:

representing clients in OSHA proceedings involving fatalities and alleged violations of lockout/tagout and electric power generation, transmission and distribution regulations, and negotiating favorable settlement terms and penalties;

defending railroad in OSHA proceeding which resulted in a majority of the items being withdrawn and an over 90 percent penalty reduction;

representing the Association of American Railroads and six Class I railroads in challenging OSHA’s Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard which resulted in revised regulations applicable to railroads;

representing clients at informal conferences with OSHA and negotiating favorable settlement terms;

assisting clients in designing and drafting OSHA programs ranging from asbestos to electrical safety to emergency response;

acting as environmental counsel to a global manufacturer of lead-acid batteries, including defending notices of citations relating to hazardous waste and stormwater issues, negotiating settlements with state environmental agencies, defending cost recovery litigation, auditing facilities, drafting environmental language for sales agreements and leases, and negotiating global insurance policies;

designing, overseeing, and implementing environmental audits of telecommunications companies, hospitals, and manufacturers with multi-state facilities;

negotiating a Consent Agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") under its Audit Policy involving alleged violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Clean Water Act, and Clean Air Act, which resulted in a 100 percent reduction ($1.2 million) of the gravity component of the civil penalty;

performing internal investigations at companies that have received employee complaints or have discovered employee misconduct;

assisting national drug store chain in performing due diligence for numerous real estate transactions, overseeing necessary cleanups, and obtaining liability protection or "no further action" letters;

successfully defending drug store in a mediation proceeding involving past contamination;

assisting port facility in the environmental aspects of a $104 million bond issue, including drafting environmental aspects of agreements, leases, and disclosure statements;

assisting port facilities with stormwater and air permitting issues;

representing property owners and contractors in connection with alleged asbestos NESHAP violations, including negotiating favorable settlement terms and acceptable work practices with EPA;

representing clients at federal and state Superfund sites including bringing and defending all types of cost recovery litigation, negotiating consent orders and decrees with EPA and state agencies, representing parties in equitable allocation proceedings, and negotiating and obtaining comfort letters and prospective purchaser agreements from EPA and state agencies concerning contamination on and emanating from Superfund sites;

assisting brownfield redevelopers in performing due diligence and structuring matters to obtain liability protection and expedite regulatory and financial approvals, including satisfying the requirements of EPA’s Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser defense and negotiating many Buyer-Seller Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; and

successfully representing clients in appeals before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board.

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