For more than 25 years, Bob Fitzpatrick has advised private and publicly traded corporations, REITs, nonprofits, municipalities, developers and investors on matters involving environmental, real estate and administrative law. He is best known for crafting creative solutions to high-profile matters involving management of environmental risks, development permitting, regulatory compliance and enforcement. Mr. Fitzpatrick's practice covers transactions, administrative litigation and enforcement defense. He has served as co-chair of the Environmental and Energy Section of the Boston Bar Association, adjunct professor of environmental law at Suffolk University Law School, and he co-authored the annual update to Administrative Law and Practice in the Massachusetts Practice Series from 1996–2007.

Professional Activities

• Member of the Regional Real Estate Development Leadership Council, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
• Co-Chairman of the Environmental and Energy Section of the Boston Bar Association (2014-2016)
• Co-Chairman of the Environmental Litigation Committee of the Boston Bar Association (2010-2012)
• Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law, Suffolk University Law School (1995-2007)
• Member of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's Task Force on Groundwater Permitting (2007-2008)
• Past Chairman, Town of Duxbury Zoning By-Law Review Committee
• Past Chairman, Town of Duxbury Cable Advisory Committee
• Registered Professional Engineer in Massachusetts
• Member of the Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations

Publications

• "Five Essentials for Managing Deal Risk," WilmerHale Energy Sector Alert Series (February 2016) (with Bonnie Heiple and Dave Gold)
• "Annual Supplement to Massachusetts Administrative Law & Practice," West Publishing (1996-2007) (with Gerald McDonough and Laura Cella)
• "On Reorganization, Budget Cuts and Revenue Sources," New England Environment (March/April 2003) (with Rob Tuchmann)
• "Looming Budget Cuts Challenge MassDEP," New England Environment (November/December 2002) (with Rob Kirsch)
• "MassDEP Proposes Wave 2 Revisions to Cleanup Regulations," New England Environment (February 2002) (with Scott Cernich and Rob Kirsch)
• "Draft Surface Water Discharge Permits—The Need to Comment," New England Environment (Summer 2001) (with Rob Kirsch)
• "Safeguarding Impartial Adjudication of Environmental Appeals," New England Environment (Autumn 2001) (with Rob Kirsch)
• "MassDEP to Consider Environmental Management Systems in Enforcement Settlements," New England Environment (Spring 2001) (with Rob Kirsch)
• "MassDEP's Evolving Policy on Web Publicity of Enforcement Actions," New England Environment (November/December 2000) (with Rob Kirsch)
• "Surface Water Discharge Permits—NPDES Delegation," New England Environment (August 1999) (with Rob Kirsch)
• "MEPA: Tailoring the Scope of Review to Environmental Impact," New England Environment (June 1999) (with Rob Kirsch and Pat van der Voorn)
• "Chapter 21E and Downgradient Property Status," New England Environment (April 1999) (with Rob Kirsch)
• "Massachusetts Regulatory Update [Consent Order Issues]," New England Environment (March 1999) (with Rob Kirsch)
• "Limits on Lender and Fiduciary Liability," WilmerHale Client Alert, December 1, 1996 (with Mark Kalpin, Rob Kirsch, John Regan and Rob Tuchmann)
• "Review of the American Bar Association's 'Environmental Law Manual,'" Bimonthly Review of Law Books (September-October 1993)
• "Review of 'The Future of Liberal Revolution,' by Bruce Ackerman," Bimonthly Review of Law Books (July-August 1993)
• "Review of 'Grand Inquests: The Historic Impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson,' by Hon. William H. Rehnquist," Bimonthly Review of Law Books (March-April 1993)
• "Review of 'Environmental Management for Business and Corporations,' by Lawrence Schnapf," Bimonthly Review of Law Books (November-December 1992)
• "Politics and Impeachment," 26 Suffolk U.L. Rev. 1237 (1992)
• "Review of Product Liability Law for Engineers by Linda Enghagen," 26 Suffolk U.L. Rev. 583 (1992)
• "Development of Massachusetts Law Governing the Disposition of Evicted Tenants' Property," 25 Suffolk U.L. Rev. 1109 (1991)
• "On-Site Wastewater Management in a Utility Framework," New England Water Pollution Control Federation (1989)
• "Wastewater Management Alternatives Study: Bonnie Brier Area," University of San Francisco Master's Thesis (1985)