Nijman Franzetti LLP

Nijman Franzetti LLP

Nijman Franzetti LLP, founded in 2008, is the leading environmental boutique law firm in the Midwest. The firm is led by six women lawyers, most practicing over 30 years with Big Law backgrounds and managing departments at some of the largest law firms in the nation.

Nijman Franzetti solves the environmental legal challenges facing today’s businesses by representing Fortune 100 companies, closely held businesses, and municipalities nationwide in matters spanning the full range of water, air, waste, and land-related issues. Its depth of real-world experience and bench strength match any large firm’s environmental legal team while simultaneously providing unparalleled value and personal service to its clients.

Nijman Franzetti and its individual attorneys are routinely acknowledged by clients and peers as leaders in environmental law. Best Lawyers recognizes each of the six partners as Best Lawyers. In a boutique, women-owned firm setting, Nijman Franzetti offers client hands-on personal attention at reasonable hourly billing rates and alternative fee structures.

What We Do

Nijman Franzetti handles matters across the country, covering all aspects of environmental law and litigation. Its practice areas include:

• Litigation & Enforcement Defense (federal, state, local and administrative tribunals)
• Due Diligence, Audits & Transactions
• Contaminated Properties & Remediation
• Air Quality & Climate Change
• Water Quality & Discharges
• Spills & Releases
• Advocacy, Rulemaking & Administrative Relief

More specifically, Nijman Franzetti lawyers have represented more than one hundred companies in Superfund sites, defeated USEPA at trial and on appeal, mitigated environmental liabilities associated with nine figure transactions, and advised a client leading one of the largest brownfield redevelopment projects in the United States. At the same time, Nijman Franzetti serves as national environmental counsel to Fortune 500 firms, collaborating with these clients on cleanups, real estate transactions, compliance counseling (including financial disclosures and ESG), and permitting.

Nijman Franzetti attorneys know how to communicate critical environmental issues and scientific data to both client and regulatory personnel. They understand the technical concepts and ask the right questions. They offer unique skills, such as collaborating with environmental experts and consultants to develop legal positions on complex matters that they then adeptly translate to judges, juries, regulators, and clients. They often team up with other firms on big cases that need their niche skill sets.

Client Satisfaction

Clients and peers know Jennifer Nijman, Susan Franzetti, Lynn Grayson, Jacqueline Vidmar, Susan Brice, and Kristen Gale as six of the Midwest’s most respected environmental lawyers.

The firm is recognized for being a “high-caliber environmental boutique...renowned for its RCRA and CERCLA experience, as well as for its prowess in litigation and enforcement matters. They have a great appreciation of the pressures facing in-house counsel.” Nijman Franzetti LLP offers “an interface between law and other professions, which gives client access to a top-notch array of associated business contacts.” The firm is proud of its long-standing representations with clients that return to Nijman Franzetti time and time again for practical, sage advice offered by experienced environmental lawyers that understand the client’s business and risk profile.

Experience

These six women and their team of associates and of counsel provide unmatched environmental law experience, which amounts to over 175 years combined. One by one they decided to join forces, creating an environmental law powerhouse considered to be one of the most savvy and formidable environmental law firms in the country.