Join Teaneck Creek Conservancy as we discuss the foundations of environmental law with Jeff Fucci, Esq.

This interactive discussion based program will focus on the pivotal laws that laid the groundwork for current environmental movements.

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Prior to launching his own practice, Jeff Fucci represented municipalities, school boards, public entities and private clients throughout the State of New Jersey. Mr. Fucci clerked for the Hon. Ernest M. Caposela, Assignment Judge of the Superior Court, Passaic Vicinage, where he was responsible for advising the judge on the disposition of civil motions, foreclosure cases and condemnation actions, including the ongoing New Jersey Department of Transportation expansion of State Highway Route 46. Mr. Fucci also mediated landlord tenant and small claims disputes for the Special Civil Division during his clerkship, and benefitted from specialized mediation training he received in this area.

Jeff is a graduate of Vermont Law School, magna cum laude. While attending VLS, he was a student clinician in the school’s Land Use Clinic, where he worked for the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources on matters including an ongoing appeal to FEMA following destruction by Tropical Storm Irene. He was a litigator on the traveling Intensive Trial Practice Team, and briefed and argued a statutory interpretation case before the Vermont Supreme Court. He received the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award, the Alumni Association Award, and a commendation from the Office of Vermont Appellate Defender at graduation. In addition to his J.D., Jeff holds Masters degrees from Vermont Law School in Environmental Law and Public Policy, and from Seton Hall University in Public Administration.

A lifelong resident of Bergen County, Jeff has previously served as a spokesperson for the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (now part of the New Jersey Sports and Exhibition Authority), as Deputy Communications Director for Senator Paul A. Sarlo, District 36, and as a journalist for a regional weekly newspaper. He was instrumental in the creation of the Development Offices of both Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, where he attended high school, and the Academy of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Tenafly, where he spent several years coordinating fundraising campaigns, events, outreach and charity programs.

Outside of his law practice, Jeff enjoys spending time outdoors. During the Spring and Summer months, he leads and narrates pontoon boat tours on the Hackensack River, as part of the New Jersey Sport and Exposition Authority’s environmental eco-cruises. Jeff and his wife, Kathryn Clores, spend much of their time operating their own urban vegetable farming project, K&J Urban Farms. The couple and their Labrador, Wolfie, reside in Bergen County