Matthew Sinkman, Esq.
Mr. Sinkman represents plaintiffs and defendants in Superfund and other litigation matters regarding the cleanup of hazardous waste sites. He also represents buyers, sellers, and developers of contaminated properties.
Mr. Sinkman is a former Assistant Attorney General in the New York State Office of the Attorney General’s Environmental Protection Bureau. In that role, he represented New York State agencies and handled Superfund cost recovery and natural resource damages litigation; litigation against manufacturers of firefighting foam, suppliers of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and the federal government, seeking in excess of $50 million for PFAS contamination at 69 sites in New York; leadership and coordination with other states on discovery and strategy regarding firefighting foam litigation; the creation of a multistate coalition regarding PFAS; litigation against an international organization seeking more than $40 million in flooding damages; and other environmental enforcement matters.