Suzanne M. Fisher

• Background
  • Suzanne is one of the top Underground Storage Tank lawyers in Ohio
  • She is a litigator with a wide range of experience
• Areas of Experience and Focus
  • Environmental counseling regarding issues affecting real estate development and transactions
  • Brownfields
  • Assisting landowners, developers, lenders and Fortune 500 companies to obtain regulatory closure (no further action letters) for sites with petroleum contamination from USTs
  • Compiling environmental documents and negotiating endorsements for the issuance of an environmental insurance policy in connection with the sale of a former manufacturing facility
  • Coordinating environmental issues associated with a plant closing, including document retention, UST removal, remediation oversight and permit termination
  • Represent landowners in wind development projects
  • Environmental Litigation
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  • Represented several companies in Ohio Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board coverage disputes
  • Defense of asbestos claims against a gasket manufacturer
• Achievements/Honors
  • Named a “Rising Star” of Environmental Law by Law & Politics, 2005-2008
• Professional Involvement
  • Commercial Real Estate Women of Columbus, Inc.- Committee Chair
  • Columbus Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association, Environmental Law Committee, Secretary
  • Columbus Metropolitan Club Program Committee, Member 2008-2009
  • Ohio Women Lawyers Association
  • Columbus Council on World Affairs
• Publications and Presentations
  • "Will You Marry Me? Wind Energy Development in Ohio", coauthor with David Nash, GEO News Wind Energy Edition, June 2009
  • “Underground Storage Tanks: Property Owners, Potential Purchasers Need to Understand Compliance Regulations” Properties Magazine October 2007
  • Presented at the November 2006 NBI “Advanced Issues in Real Estate” seminar
• Education
  • John Carroll University, BS Biology, 1995
  • Cleveland Marshall College of Law, JD, cum laude, 1998
• Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • State of Ohio
  • Northern District of Ohio
  • Southern District of Ohio