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Donna T. Urban

Shareholder and Member of Executive Committee

Donna T. Urban is a member of Flaster/Greenberg’s Commercial Litigation and Environmental Law Practice Groups and concentrates her practice in telecommunications law and environmental regulation and litigation. 

Telecommunications Practice: Ms. Urban has extensive experience in commercial litigation and contract disputes, with a concentration in telecommunications litigation. She handles cutting-edge issues involving inter-carrier rate disputes and other matters of first impression involving charges among telecommunications providers. Among other things, she has experience handling matters involving access service charges, interconnection agreements (ICAs), tariff interpretation, interMTA charges, and primary jurisdiction. 

Environmental Practice: Ms. Urban handles disputes involving complex environmental litigation in state and federal courts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She represents and advises clients in matters concerning compliance with environmental laws and regulations, and environmental aspects of business transactions. She has significant experience in environmental matters concerning New Jersey Spill Act, Natural Resource Damage (NRD) claims, ISRA applicability and compliance, insurance coverage claims, wastewater management, water quality management and wetlands. Ms. Urban also represents major developers in the environmental permit process.

Representative Matters

  • Obtained a significant award of partial summary judgment concerning the FCC Benchmark rate for switched access services, PAETEC Communications, Inc., et al. v MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business Services, et al., Civil Action No. 2:09-cv-1639
  • Achieved favorable settlements for large telecommunications carrier of matters involving recovery of access charges from wireless (CMRS) carriers and switched access charges relating to trunk ports
  • Manages complex environmental litigation involving cost recovery, The New Jersey Spill Act and other environmental laws and regulations
  • Achieved unprecedented decision from the NJDEP that condominium associations are eligible for funding for remediation under the Underground Storage Tank Fund
  • Successfully litigated complex multiparty, multi-site environmental insurance coverage matters
  • Negotiated favorable Natural Resource Damages settlements 

Honors & Awards

  • Top Attorney List, SJ Magazine, 2011 

Professional Affiliations

  • Camden County Bar Association
    • Member, Environmental Law Committee
  • Builders League of South Jersey
  • Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey
    • Member, Environmental Committee
  • Gloucester County Bar Association
  • New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
  • New Jersey State Bar Association
    • Member, Environmental Law Section
  • Society for Women Environmental Professionals (SWEP)
    • Member, Philadelphia and New Jersey Chapters

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Education

  • Rutgers University School of Law–Camden, J.D., 1994
  • Philadelphia University, School of Business Administration, B.S., summa cum laude, 1989