Subsequent to 10 years as a hydrogeologist and a senior hydrogeologist at two environmental consulting companies in Connecticut and New York, Mr. Canavan founded HydroEnvironmental Solutions, Inc. (HES) in 1998 and has been providing expert environmental and hydrogeological consulting services since. Located in Somers, New York, HES is dedicated to providing investigatory, advisory and remediation services to public and private organizations as well as to government agencies on concerns related to hydrogeology, environmental engineering, and the environment. HES maintains excellent working relationships with clients and has undertaken thousands of projects in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Mr. Canavan graduated Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1986 with a B.A. degree in Geology. He received his master’s degree in Geology at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. Mr. Canavan is a licensed professional geologist in New York and New Hampshire and a licensed site remediation professional (LSRP) in the state of New Jersey. In addition, Mr. Canavan is a certified Asbestos Inspector/Consultant in New York and Connecticut as well as a member of the AIPG, LSRPA and NGWA.

Jonathan Murphy is a partner with the White Plains law firm Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, and he is chair of the firm’s construction law practice and co-chair of its environmental law practice. Mr. Murphy is an experienced trial attorney who has successfully obtained favorable jury verdicts in complex, high exposure cases. He is also a skilled advisor to clients on construction and environmental matters. Mr. Murphy’s clients include multinational manufacturers, construction companies, subcontractors, owners, developers, architects, engineers, major oil companies, local petroleum vendors, UST manufacturers, chemical distributors, dry cleaning companies, and other trades and businesses. He represents construction clients (owners, general contractors, subcontractors and design professionals), both as claimants and respondents, in litigation, at trial, and in arbitrations. Mr. Murphy also drafts and negotiates contracts for clients involved in private and government projects and provides legal guidance throughout a project’s life. He handles environmental matters for both corporate and insurance clients, in litigated claims as well as direct administrative agency proceedings with federal, state, county and local environmental agencies. Mr. Murphy counsels clients on environmental risks, enforcement implications and regulatory requirements in a variety of business and transactional settings. His substantive areas of practice include CERCLA/RCRA, TSCA, CWA, New York’s Navigation Law, and other environmental and regulatory enforcement exposures presented by federal, state and local environmental regulations. He is a graduate of Hobart College and Brooklyn Law School.
 

Mr. Rigano has concentrated his practice exclusively in environmental law for more than three decades. He has served in the Enforcement Division of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, where he was involved in a variety of water pollution control programs and was environmental counsel to the New York Power Authority. Mr. Rigano was environmental counsel for the New York Power Authority. He was employed for five years as an environmental scientist conducting research on the environmental effects of electric power generation. Long Island Business News has featured him in their “Who’s Who in the Law” edition. Mr. Rigano is the Chair of the Environmental and Energy Law Section of the New York State Bar Association from 2022 to 2023. He earned his J.D. degree from Hofstra University School of Law.

Larry Schnapf is an environmental attorney based in New York City and New Jersey with over 30 years of national environmental transactional experience and is the principal of Schnapf LLC. With this background and his geology training, Mr. Schnapf is uniquely qualified to handle the legal and technical issues commonly encountered with environmental issues. Mr. Schnapf primarily concentrates on environmental risks associated with corporate, real estate and brownfield transactions; commercial financing including asset-based lending, syndicated loans, mezzanine loans and distressed debt; bankruptcy, workouts and corporate restructuring. He has extensive experience with brownfield redevelopment and financing, including representing affordable housing developers and assisting local development corporations or not-for-profit organizations with their brownfield planning programs. Mr. Schnapf also counsels clients on environmental issues and represents clients in federal and state environmental litigation, enforcement actions, administrative proceedings and private cost recovery actions.

Mr. Verdibello joined HydroEnvironmental Solutions, Inc. (HES) in 2012 and has been involved with environmental and hydrogeological consulting since. Located in Somers, New York, HES is dedicated to providing investigatory, advisory and remediation services to public and private organizations as well as government agencies on concerns related to hydrogeology, construction dewatering and associated permitting and the environment. Mr. Verdibello has undertaken hundreds of projects in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Hampshire and maintains excellent working relationships with clients and government regulatory agencies.
Mr. Verdibello graduated The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio in 2010 with a B.S. in Geology. He received his Master’s degree in Geology at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio in 2012. Mr. Verdibello is a licensed Professional Geologist in New York and is a certified Asbestos Inspector/Consultant in New York and Connecticut as well as a member of the AIPG and NGWA.