H. David Gold is an environmental, energy and real estate lawyer with over two decades of experience advising clients on matters involving land use, water, wetlands, endangered species, environmental marketing and advertising (“green” claims), cultural resources, environmental health and safety, zoning, and hazardous and solid waste. He provides strategic counsel on environmental compliance and permitting, and has significant experience guiding clients through high-stakes commercial and corporate transactions, successfully negotiating a broad array of purchase and sale agreements, leases, construction contracts, architect agreements and energy supply contracts.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Gold was an environmental consultant in Massachusetts, Arizona and California. While in law school, Mr. Gold served as a law clerk with the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the US Department of Justice. He spent his final year at Harvard Law School, where he provided research assistance to Professor Charles Haar for the book Mastering Boston Harbor: Courts, Dolphins, and Imperiled Waters.

Professional Activities

Mr. Gold is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and American Water Resources Association. Mr. Gold has previously served as a vice chair of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Water Resources Committee, a co-chair of the Wetlands and Waterways Committee of the Boston Bar Association, the president of Young Professionals in Energy-Boston, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Boston Natural Areas Network.