Practice areas
Bar & Court Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
Education
Villanova University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2008
- Villanova Law Review, Managing Editor of the Symposium
- Villanova’s Environmental and Energy Law Society
- Co-founder and President
James Madison University, B.S., cum laude (Integrated Science and Technology concentrating in energy and information knowledge management), 2002
Professional & Community Activities
MGKF Summer Associate Program
- Chair, 2017
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, 2013-present
- Adjunct professor, Environmental Lawyering
Philadelphia Bar Association
- Environmental and Energy Law Committee, Co-Chair, 2014-present
Delaware Valley Environmental Inn of Court, 2006-present
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Leadership Philadelphia, Class of 2016
Riverbend Environmental Education Center
- Board Member, 2016-present
Big Brother/Big Sister, 1999-2003
Bryan is a partner at the firm and has experience in counseling and representing clients on a range of environmental and energy matters. Bryan’s practice has focused on regulatory compliance and transactional matters, particularly in the areas of air and water quality, redevelopment, sustainability, permitting, energy efficiency and renewable energy development. Over the last several years, Bryan has primarily worked with complex regulated industries, notably including petroleum refining, chemical processing, oil and gas operations, metal manufacturing, and electric generating facilities.
Bryan is a cum laude graduate of the Villanova University School of Law where he was a Managing Editor of the Symposium for the Villanova Law Review and co-founder and president of Villanova’s Environmental and Energy Law Society. Bryan has recently returned to Villanova as an adjunct professor of law teaching a class focused on practical lawyering skills in an environmental context. He also leads the Sustainability Directors’ Roundtable, a key forum of sustainability directors and managers in our region.
Prior to law school, Bryan worked as an energy consultant in Fairfax, Virginia, assisting industrial and commercial clients optimize energy supply sources and decrease energy demand. He was a summer associate with the firm in 2006.
Away from work, Bryan enjoys spending time with his wife and three sons. Bryan loves watching and talking about sports, and is always looking for a pickup tennis match or a basketball game to join.
Representative examples of Bryan's experience include the following:
- Defending enforcement actions by federal, state, and local agencies, including responding to orders, information requests, penalty assessments, and negotiating settlements;
- Developing cleanup compliance strategies for industrial clients at operating facilities and at waste disposal sites to address historic contamination under state and federal cleanup authorities;
- Advising clients on compliance with complex federal and state regulatory requirements;
- Addressing permitting issues, including National Pollution Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") discharge, wastewater pre-treatment, water allocation, Total Maximum Daily Load ("TMDL") development and implementation, wetlands, stormwater, soil erosion and sediment control, air emissions, hazardous waste treatment, etc.;
- Appealing air quality and water quality permits in response to objectionable conditions, lack of operational flexibility, and onerous or inapplicable compliance conditions.
- Advising clients in the development of electric vehicle, energy efficiency and renewable energy projects including the drafting of power purchase agreements, sale/purchase of renewable energy credits, drafting and negotiation of lease and easement agreements, and identifying and applying for public funding.
Bryan is also an adjunct professor of law of Villanova University School of Law teaching a class entitled Environmental Lawyering that focuses on practical lawyering skills in an environmental law context.
Honors & Awards
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2020 and “Rising Star” listings (environmental law), 2013 and 2018. The Super Lawyers list is issued by Thomson Reuters. Click here to view the selection methodology.
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Press Releases
- August 17, 2020
- June 8, 2020Gotanda, McCabe, Moshang and Schiller Included in Top 50 Women Pennsylvania Listing
- April 22, 2020
- April 21, 2020
- December 12, 2019
- May 21, 2018McCabe, Moshang and Schiller Included in Top 50: 2018 Women Pennsylvania Super Lawyers; McCabe Included on Top 100 List for Philadelphia
- December 18, 2017
- June 22, 2017
- December 5, 2016
- January 28, 2016
- December 11, 2014
- November 6, 2014
- April 22, 2014
- November 18, 2013
- November 20, 2012
- July 23, 2012
- October 22, 2008
Seminars & Speaking Engagements
"Making Waves: The Ripple Effects of the Supreme Court’s New 'Functional Equivalent' Test on Clean Water Act NPDES Discharge Permitting" a webinar presented on behalf of West LegalEdCenter/Thomson Reuters, August 10, 2020
"Fundamentals & Hot Topics in Environmental Law for Real Estate Lawyers" presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's 2019 Real Estate Institute, Philadelphia, PA, December 6, 2019
"Putting Your Best Face Forward: Managing Your Social Media Presence" presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's A Day on Real Estate, Philadelphia, PA, August 1, 2019
"Putting Your Best Face Forward: Managing Your Social Media Presence" presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Real Estate Institute, Philadelphia, PA, December 7, 2018
"Building on Contaminated Land" presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's 2017 Real Estate Institute, Philadelphia, PA, December 8, 2017
"Putting Your Best Face Forward: Managing Your Social Media Presence" presented at the Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 29, 2017
"Putting Your Best Face Forward: Managing Your Social Media Presence" presented at the Kentucky Mineral Law Conference, Lexington,KY, October 18, 2017
"Putting Your Best Face Forward: Managing Your Social Media Presence" presented at the 9th Annual Oil & Gas Law Colloquium, Washington, PA, June 21, 2017
"Putting Your Best Face Forward: Managing Your Company's Online Presence" presented at the Association of Corporate Counsel Greater Philadelphia Chapter - Ethics & Compliance Institute, Philadelphia, PA, December 1, 2016
"Environmental Issues Update for Real Estate Lawyers," presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's A Day on Real Estate in Philadelphia, PA, August 5, 2015
"Rain, Rain, Go Away," presented at 2015 Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors' Educational Conference in Hershey, PA, April 21, 2015
"Environmental Issues Update for Real Estate Lawyers," presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute at the 18th Annual Real Estate Institute in Philadelphia, PA, December 5, 2014
"Practical Considerations for Buying and Selling Contaminated Property," presented at the DELVACCA Real Estate Institute in Philadelphia, PA, November 5, 2014
"Practical Tips for Buying and Selling Contaminated Property," presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute at the 17th Annual Real Estate Institute in Philadelphia, PA, December 5, 2013
"New Requirements for Benchmarking and Reporting Energy and Water Usage in Commercial Buildings in Philadelphia -- What Real Estate Lawyers Need to Know," presented by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute at the 16th Annual Real Estate Institute in Philadelphia, PA, December 5, 2012
Media Coverage
- July 12, 2016The Pennsylvania Lawyer
Special Alerts
- January 12, 2021
- January 11, 2021
- November 12, 2020
- January 15, 2019
- January 23, 2017
- January 23, 2017
- May 16, 2016
- January 13, 2016Significant Rate Changes on the Horizon
- August 16, 2013
- May 28, 2013
- November 8, 2012
- May 24, 2012
- November 7, 2011
- November 7, 2011The Chesapeake Bay
- June 13, 2011
- May 8, 2010
- January 8, 2010
- December 8, 2009
- September 8, 2009
- September 8, 2009
- May 8, 2009
- May 8, 2009
- March 3, 2009
- January 29, 2009
- November 9, 2008
Articles
- June 4, 2020The Legal Intelligencer
- September 9, 2016The Legal Intelligencer
- July 10, 2015The Legal Intelligencer
- November 14, 2014The Legal Intelligencer
- April 15, 2014The Legal Intelligencer
- April 15, 2014co-authored by members of the MGKF Air Quality Practice GroupNew Jersey Environmental Law Handbook (Eighth Edition)
- June 28, 2012The Legal Intelligencer
- April 13, 2012The Legal Intelligencer
- February 8, 2011Association of Corporate Counsel's "Green-house Counsel"
- August 2, 2010Association of Corporate Counsel's "Green-house Counsel"
- August 14, 2009Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal