Michael D. Diederich Jr. - Stony Point, NY

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, 1992
    LL.M.
    Honors: National Environmental Moot Court Competition, Judge
    Major: Environmental Law
  • Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon, 1980
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 1976
    B.S., Bachelor of Science
    Major: Environmental Science
  • Command & General Staff College, U.S. Army, 1999

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• County Attorney's Office, New City, New York, Assistant County Attorney for Environmental Affairs, 1992 - 1994
• Westchester County, Counsel, 1989 - 1992
• Witte, Lestz & Hogan, P.C., Bronxville, New York, Associate, 1988 - 1989
• Bavaria, West Germany, Judge Advocate General Officer, 1984 - 1987
• Nyack, New York, Private Practice of Law, 1981 - 1984
• Westchester County Litigation Bureau, White Plains, New York, Special Counsel and Assistant County Attorney
• US Army Reserves, Retired Lieutenant Colonel

Classes and Seminars

• Business Law Instructor, Central Texas College, Overseas Division, Nuremburg, Germany, 1987

Pro Bono Activities

• Rockland County Environmental Management Council, Member
• Rockland County Environmental Management Council, Chairman

Representative Cases

• County of Westchester v. Town of Greenwich, Conn.
  • Citation: 793 F.Supp. 1195
  • Court: S.D.N.Y.
  • Year: 1992
  • Serial Number: 1992101432
• Franchino v. ArchCare
• Fratello v. Archdiocese
• Sherman v. Town of Chester, __ F.3d __ (2d Circuit, 2014)
• United Haulers v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority, 550 U.S. 330 (2007)

Published Works

Articles

• Law of War and Ecology - A Proposal for a Workable Approach to Protecting the Environment Through the Law of War, 136 Military Law Review 141, Summer, 1992
  
• Article: County Acquires Prescriptive Easement Over Runway Airspace, Footnotes, p. 5, July, 1992
  
• Does Garbage Have Standing? Democracy, Flow Control and Solid Waste Management, 11 Pace Environmental Law Review 801, Fall, 1993
  
• Treatise Chapter: Municipal Solid Waste Management, New York Environmental Law Series (Lawyers Cooperative, 1995)
  
• Article: "Law: Can Municipalities Manage Their Own Solid Waste", ENVIRONMENT Magazine (May 1995)
  
• Article: "Practitioner's Perspective: In Light of Carbon: Who Owns Municipal Solid Waste?" THE NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REPORT (April 1995)
• Article: "For the Government Counsel--Keep Democratic Rule over Trash", ABA Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Nov/Dec 1994
• Article: "Garbage and the Constitution: Democracy Collides with the Commerce Clause", N.Y.S. Bar Association's Environmental Law Section Journal, May 1994

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1981
• New York, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1989
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1983
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1991

Other Affiliations

• New York Bar Association (Member, Environmental Law Section)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)