Gregory H. Smith

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Director & Chair, Administrative Law Department

  Firm Name

  McLane Middleton, Professional Association
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Work: Successfully represented a major energy company through all of the permitting before the State Site Evaluation Committee
  in State
  federal court to obtain the necessary permits for a 720 megawatt natural gas fired combined cycle electric generating station. Appeal of the Londonderry Neighborhood Coalition, 761 A.2d 426 (N.H. 2000)
  Against significant opposition, represented before State Site Evaluation Committee
  the courts, a major interstate gas pipeline company in all of the permitting for a new interstate natural gas transmission pipeline
  Successfully pursued insurance recovery in a large number of environmental hazardous waste contamination cases
  Represented industry, municipalities
  bottled water companies in the development
  permitting of large groundwater withdrawals
  Successfully h
  led several cases involving development subject to the terrain alteration, shorel
  protection
  wetl
  s regulations
  Successfully h
  led numerous boat dock permitting
  enforcement cases
  Represented our gravel mining
  industrial clients in State
  federal stormwater permitting
  enforcement cases
  Advised charitable educational institutions about regulation by the office of Attorney General, Division of Charitable Trusts
  Successfully acted as regulatory counsel on a wide variety of substantive issues
  legislative matters for more than 30 years, including regulation of the liquor industry, environmental
  utility matters, insurance, healthcare
  taxation. See for example Appeal of Monsieur Henri Wines, Ltd., 128 N.H. 191 (1986)