USA
Practice Areas
Corporate and Commercial Transactions
Corporate Compliance and Other Regulatory Programs
Data Centers
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
Site Development and Brownfields Redevelopment
Superfund and Site Remediation
Sustainability and ESG
Waste
Water
Career
Jonathan Spergel is the immediate past managing partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, the environmental and energy law firm with which 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 - Board Member, since 2006; Chairman, since 2013;
Publications
Act 2 Changes Anticipated in 2026
MGKF Special Alert - 2026 Pennsylvania Forecast - January 20, 2026
NJDEP Has Begun Issuing Requests for Information Directly to LSRPs
MGKF Special Alert - November 14, 2025
New Jersey Proposes “Dirty Dirt” Regulations
MGKF Special Alert - March 10, 2025
Act 2 Changes Anticipated in 2025
MGKF Special Alert - 2025 Pennsylvania Forecast - January 17, 2025
NJDEP Publishes Proposed Amendments to its Site Remediation Program
MGKF Special Alert - December 6, 2024
MGKF Podcast
Environmental Insurance Policies -- Are You Covered for PFAS?
January 3, 2023
Personal
Legacy Youth Tennis and Education (formerly Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis Center)
Board Chair, 2020-2025
Board Member, since 2012
City Avenue Special Services District - Board Member, since 2012
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School
J.D., cum laude
1983
Stanford University
B.A., with distinction
1988
Awards
The Best Lawyers® in America listing (environmental law), since 2007
Woodward/White Inc.
2026
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers listing (environmental law) since 2011
Thomson Reuters
2026