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Armando F. Benincasa

Education

  • J.D. University of Virginia
    B.A. Washington & Lee University

Bar Admissions

  • Virginia
  • West Virginia


Armando F. Benincasa
Member

Armando F. Benincasa
Member


Armando Benincasa concentrates his practice in the areas of energy law, environmental law, environmental litigation, and administrative law. His practice consists of cases involving permitting and regulatory requirements for solid waste, water resources, underground storage tanks, and voluntary remediation, and the drafting of rules and statutes related to the environment.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Represented municipal entities challenging draft storm water permit requirements
  • Represented entity and gained delisting of certain property from CERCLA's National Priority List
  • Represented land developer before administrative boards in securing groundwater discharge permit

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

  • Environmental law
  • Energy law

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002          Steptoe & Johnson
1995-2002  West Virginia Department of Environmental 
                 Protection, Office of Legal Services

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Energy & Mineral Law Foundation

INDUSTRY/ CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

  • Water Environment Association
  • Board of Directors, Air & Waste Management Association
  • Environmental Committee, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce

AWARDS / HONORS

  • West Virginia’s Top Lawyers, 2008, The State Journal
  • Graduated magna cum laude, Washington & Lee University
  • Phi Beta Kappa

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • “The Marcellus Shale: Challenges for Tomorrow,” Law 360, April, 2009