Peter M. Dolinger practices in the areas of general civil litigation, commercial litigation, environmental law and government regulatory counseling.
Mr. Dolinger has served as chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey and is a former consultant to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Industrial Policy.
Mr. Dolinger writes for publications on subjects related to expert evidence in litigation and environmental law. Among his topics:
- “Proof or Pretense? Standards for Admission of Suspect Scientific Testimony”
- “The Clean Air Act: Preparing for your Public Hearing, Federal Publications Environmental Law Update”
- “Hazardous or Harmless? Transforming the Landscape of Superfund Liability”
Representative Matters
- Defense in a major commercial casualty subrogation suit
- Defense of Toxic Substances Control Act case brought by USEPA
- Negotiation among owners, investors and Nuclear Regulatory Commission at a former military nuclear reactor
- Prosecution of contract action by minority partners in commercial development
- Defense of developers at two closed landfill sites posing risk of methane explosions
- Defense of individual (ammonia) and class action (lead) toxic tort actions
- Defense leading to withdrawal of Administrative Orders against a major New Jersey manufacturer
- Defense of a public utility against a unilateral USEPA soil removal order
Honors & Awards
- Recipient, 2010 Pro Bono Service Award, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania
Professional Affiliations
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Member, Environmental Law Committee
- Member, Investigative Division, Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention
- Certified Arbitrator, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia
- Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey
- Past chairman, Environmental Law Committee
Practice Areas
Admissions
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Education
- Temple University School of Law, L.L.M.
- Harvard Law School, J.D.
- U.S. National Institutes of Health, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Toxicology
- Stanford University, Ph.D., Environmental Science
- Williams College, B.A., with honors