F. Michael Parkowski | Attorney

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F. MICHAEL PARKOWSKI is a Director in the firm. He provides representation to a variety of public and private clients on governmental, environmental and land use matters. Mr. Parkowski received a degree in civil engineering from Villanova University and his law degree from Temple University. He has worked as an engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Philadelphia District Office - and served as Deputy Director for Enforcement at the U.S. EPA Region III Office in Philadelphia. Following graduation from law school, Mr. Parkowski served in the Delaware Attorney General's Office as General Counsel to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), and also prosecuted criminal offenses in the Kent County Prosecutor's Office.

While serving as General Counsel to DNREC, he drafted numerous environmental laws and regulations, including the legislation which created the Delaware Solid Waste Authority, a statewide public body which has comprehensive authority and responsibilities over the collection, transportation and disposal of solid waste. He also drafted legislation creating the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Foundation, a public body which purchases development rights on farms to preserve farmlands in Delaware.

Since entering private practice in 1975, Mr. Parkowski has provided representation on environmental matters on a regional basis, and he conducts a statewide practice. He has served as General Counsel to the Delaware Solid Waste Authority since 1976, and also represents the Delaware Economic Development Office, Delaware Department of Transportation, Delaware Lottery Office, the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Foundation, the Delaware Civic Center Corporation and the Delaware Manufactured Homes Relocation Authority. His private environmental clients include many major companies with manufacturing and industrial facilities located in Delaware. Mr. Parkowski also provides representation to clients involved in large- scale real estate developments. He currently serves, by appointment of the Governor, as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Delaware River & Bay Authority. He also has been appointed by the Governor to serve as Chairman of the Judicial Nominating Commission, which reviews applications for judicial office and provides recommendations to the Governor for appointment. Mr. Parkowski serves, and has served, on numerous committees established by the Delaware Supreme Court in a leadership capacity.

Mr. Parkowski is past President of the Delaware State Bar Association and former President of the Kent County Bar Association. He has been listed in America's Best Lawyers from 1990 to the present and has a Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV.

Admission

Verified Delaware

1973

Education

Villanova University B.E.

Parkowski Guerke & Swayze PA Highlights

Administrative Law, Adoption, Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, Agribusiness, Alimony & Spousal Support; Americans with Disabilities Act ; Animal Bite; Arbitration; Corporate; Business Organization; Chemical & Cosmetics; Child Support; Clean Air Practice; Cleanup & Superfund; Cogeneration; Collection; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Real Estate; Complex Litigation; Defamation & Slander; Condominiums; Construction Contracts; Construction; Construction Liens; Contract; Conveyancing; Copyright; Farms; Debarment; Discrimination; Divorce; Domestic Violence & Neglect; Education; Eminent Domain; Employee Rights; Employment Contracts; Employment Discrimination; Employment; Energy; Environmental Law; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Family Law; Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Federal Trial Practice; Firearms; Fisheries & Wildlife; Food Products; Foreclosure; Freedom of Information; Government Contract; Guardianships & Conservatorships; Waste & Pollution; Housing & Construction Defects; Intellectual Property; Land Use & Zoning; Landlord-Tenant; Licensing; Limited Liability Companies; Litigation; Living Wills; Machinery & Tools; Mediation; Car Accident; Defect and Lemon Law; Municipal; Occupational Safety & Health; Patent; Paternity; Pension & Benefits; Permits; Personal Injury; Pesticides; Power of Attorney; Premises Liability; Prenuptial Agreements; Products Liability; Property Damage; Public Law; Public Schools; Public Utilities; Race Discrimination; Railroad Injury; Real Estate; Recreational Products; Securities; Religious Discrimination; Residential Real Estate; Sex Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Slip & Fall Accident; State and Local; State Government; State Trial Practice; Science, Technology & Internet; Title Insurance; Toxic Mold & Tort; Trademark; Trusts; Water; Wetlands; Whistleblower; Wills; Wrongful Death; Wrongful Termination

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