Attorney Profile

Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation
Areas of Emphasis: Cost Recovery Litigation; Brownfields; ISRA Compliance; Consultant Malpractice
Bar Admissions: New York; New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Education: Boston College Law School, J.D., 1977; Oberlin College, A.B., 1973
Professional Activities: Past Chair, Board of Directors, INFORM, environmental research group; Former Member, Advisory Board, Practising Law Institute; Member and former Chair, New Jersey State Bar Association, Environmental Law Committee; Member, New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Committee; Former Counsel to and Board Member, The Community Theatre of Morristown

Dennis J. Krumholz

Partner

Dennis J. Krumholz has been named one of the best environmental lawyers in America for the last 14 years in The Best Lawyers in America®. In 2012, he was named the Environmental "Lawyer of the Year" for the Newark region by Best Lawyers®, an honor given annually to a single attorney in a particular practice area in each region. Chair of Riker Danzig's environmental group, Dennis launched the practice shortly after joining the firm in 1981. In the years since, he has been instrumental in building what has become one of New Jersey's leading environmental law practices. Since 2005, he has been ranked in the first tier of New Jersey's environmental lawyers by Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers Client's Guide which notes that he "induces nothing but high praise from a striking assortment of market sources." Chambers has called him a "founding father" of New Jersey Environmental Law with "terrific business and legal judgment" and "one of the most well-rounded environmental attorneys in New Jersey," quoting sources who say, "he does everything, and handles all of it equally well." The Guide also praises him for being a "first-chair litigator of the highest caliber, and a dean of the Environmental bar," "assuaging the nerves of clients across both litigious and noncontentious issues." Dennis was also named in Who's Who Legal: USA for Environmental Law, compiled by the International Bar Association. Law & Politics magazine has named him one of New Jersey's "Super Lawyers" in environmental litigation and among the top 100 New Jersey lawyers.

Environmental law at Riker involves three areas of practice - litigation, transactions and regulatory compliance - and Dennis is adept at serving clients in all three. "I enjoy trying cases and arguing appeals, as well as drafting and negotiating complex transactional documents and counseling clients on difficult regulatory issues," he says.

He is a prolific author and a frequent speaker on environmental law topics, demonstrating his technical acumen for this complex work. "Writing forces you to develop a deeper understanding of specific issues from a broader, jurisprudential perspective," he says.

Dennis began his career in environmental law as a deputy attorney general for the State of New Jersey in the areas of environmental protection and community affairs.

Dennis' quarter-century career has earned him recognition as one of New Jersey's top environmental lawyers. He places a premium on client service, continuing to be personally attentive to each of his clients. "I strive to be a complete environmental lawyer," he says.