Zachary A. Klein - a Haddonfield, New Jersey (NJ) Environmental Law Lawyer

Haddonfield Environmental Law Lawyer

Updated: 02/28/2026

Areas of Practice

Environmental Law
NJDEP Permitting
Environmental Due Diligence
Site Remediation
Tidelands & Riparian Matters
Utilities Matters
Renewable Energy
Administrative Appeals
Appellate Litigation
Agency Rulemaking
Legislative Advocacy
Aquaculture, Mariculture & Seaweed
Public Trust & Public Access Matters
Planning, Zoning & Municipal Approvals

Attorney Information

Overview

Zachary (“Zak”) Klein is a proud New Jersey native. While completing his undergraduate studies in our nation's capital, Zak gained first-hand experience with lawmaking and legislative advocacy through extended internships at the United States Senate and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Then, after discovering his passion for the environment during law school, Zak dove deep into ocean and coastal law through a two-year fellowship at the National Sea Grant Law Center in Oxford, Mississippi, where he published extensively and frequently collaborated with policymakers from across the country. Since returning home to the Garden State, Zak has continued honing his understanding of the environmental issues that dominate the headlines through work in both the nonprofit and private sectors. Zak’s legal practice now runs the full gamut of environmental, land use, and energy/utilities law, and he prides himself on his client-centered approach.

Experience:

Successfully defended a coastal homeowner’s NJDEP permit in oral argument before the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court
Secured finding of No Coastal Jurisdiction from NJDEP for commercial client in Ocean County, saving client considerable time and expense during relocation
Multiple appearances before the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities in rate case proceedings (on behalf of both public utility petitioners and municipal intervenors)
Testified before the New Jersey Senate Energy & Environment Committee and the Assembly Environment, Natural Resources & Solid Waste Committee on multiple occasions
Co-organized and -hosted multiple consensus-building workshops concerning ocean and coastal law issues for Federal, State, and private sector partners

Education

Legal Education
- Boston College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude

Past Positions

Ocean and Coastal Law Fellow, National Sea Grant Law Center (2019-2021)
Adjunct Faculty, Boston College (2019)

Classes and Seminars

Panelist, 2025 New Jersey Environmental Law Forum (“Environmental Land Use Considerations for Siting Energy in NJ”), Wildwood Crest, New Jersey
Speaker, 2023 Symposium on Regulatory and Environmental Challenges for Ocean Aquaculture (“Property Rights and Environmental Protections in Authorization Frameworks”), Puerto Varas, Chile
Keynote Speaker, 2023 New York State Organics Summit (“Legal Implications of PFAS for Composting Operations”), Syracuse, New York
Panelist, 2022 New Jersey Clean Communities Conference (“Balloon Release Laws Around NJ and the U.S.”), Virtual
Panelist, 2019 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (“Potential Avenues for Restoring Federal Environmental Protections”), Eugene, Oregon

Published Works

Articles

Bar Admissions

New Jersey
Massachusetts

Other Affiliations

New Jersey State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section (Board of Directors June 2025 - June 2028)
New Jersey State Bar Association, Public Utility Law Section
Stewart G. Pollock Environmental Inn of Court

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Haddonfield, NJ

134 Kings Hwy. E.
Suite 201
Haddonfield, NJ 08033

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Fax: 609-656-1399

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Website: https://www.vanbrow.com

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