Michael D. Diederich Jr.

Michael D. Diederich Jr.

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Diederich Law Office

Employment Law - Employee Lawyers in Stony Point, NY in Stony Point, NY

Stony Point, NY845-271-6413
Employment Law - Employee

Education

Legal Education

  • Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, 1992
  • LL.M.
  • Honors: National Environmental Moot Court Competition, Judge
  • Major: Environmental Law
  • Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon, 1980
  • J.D.

Non Legal Education

  • University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 1976
  • B.S., Bachelor of Science
  • Major: Environmental Science
  • Command & General Staff College, U.S. Army, 1999

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Attorney

Past Positions

  • County Attorney's Office, New City, New York, Assistant County Attorney for Environmental Affairs, 1992 - 1994
  • Westchester County, Counsel, 1989 - 1992
  • Witte, Lestz & Hogan, P.C., Bronxville, New York, Associate, 1988 - 1989
  • Bavaria, West Germany, Judge Advocate General Officer, 1984 - 1987
  • Nyack, New York, Private Practice of Law, 1981 - 1984
  • Westchester County Litigation Bureau, White Plains, New York, Special Counsel and Assistant County Attorney
  • US Army Reserves, Retired Lieutenant Colonel

Classes and Seminars

  • Business Law Instructor, Central Texas College, Overseas Division, Nuremburg, Germany, 1987

Representative Cases

  • County of Westchester v. Town of Greenwich, Conn.
  • Citation: 793 F.Supp. 1195
  • Court: S.D.N.Y.
  • Year: 1992
  • Serial Number: 1992101432
  • Franchino v. ArchCare
  • Fratello v. Archdiocese
  • Sherman v. Town of Chester, __ F.3d __ (2d Circuit, 2014)
  • United Haulers v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority, 550 U.S. 330 (2007)

Pro Bono Activities

  • Rockland County Environmental Management Council, Member
  • Rockland County Environmental Management Council, Chairman

Published Works

Articles

  • Law of War and Ecology - A Proposal for a Workable Approach to Protecting the Environment Through the Law of War, 136 Military Law Review 141, Summer, 1992
  • Article: County Acquires Prescriptive Easement Over Runway Airspace, Footnotes, p. 5, July, 1992
  • Does Garbage Have Standing? Democracy, Flow Control and Solid Waste Management, 11 Pace Environmental Law Review 801, Fall, 1993
  • Treatise Chapter: Municipal Solid Waste Management, New York Environmental Law Series (Lawyers Cooperative, 1995)
  • Article: "Law: Can Municipalities Manage Their Own Solid Waste", ENVIRONMENT Magazine (May 1995)
  • Article: "Practitioner's Perspective: In Light of Carbon: Who Owns Municipal Solid Waste?" THE NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REPORT (April 1995)
  • Article: "For the Government Counsel--Keep Democratic Rule over Trash", ABA Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Nov/Dec 1994
  • Article: "Garbage and the Constitution: Democracy Collides with the Commerce Clause", N.Y.S. Bar Association's Environmental Law Section Journal, May 1994

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts, 1981
  • New York, 1981
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1989
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1983
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1991

Other Affiliations

  • New York Bar Association (Member, Environmental Law Section)
  • American Bar Association (Member)
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)

Attorney Details

Full NameMichael D. Diederich Jr.
FirmDiederich Law Office
Address361 Rte. 210, Stony Point, NY 10980
Phone845-271-6413
Websitewww.diederichworkerlaw.com
Websitewww.diederichworkerlaw.com/blog
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