Attorney Profiles

Janine G. Bauer

Janine G. Bauer, a partner in the firm, focuses on environmental, transportation and infrastructure matters. An experienced litigator, Janine represents individuals, corporations and public entities who need advice or representation in cases involving environmental law and regulatory compliance, toxic tort, development and redevelopment (including brownfield remediation), transportation law and regulations, interstate commerce, marine and complex litigation. Janine is also a registered legislative agent in New Jersey.

Janine is a former Mercer County assistant prosecutor. She has tried numerous cases to jury verdict. For ten years, she was the director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, a nonprofit firm headquartered in Manhattan that advocates for greater investment in infrastructure to create a more efficient transportation network. During her tenure there, the firm's weekly bulletin, Mobilizing the Region, won two journalism awards from the American Planning Association.

In 1990, Janine won the NJ Bar Association Young Lawyer Division's Professional Achievement Award. She is a member of Professional Women in Construction, Women's Transportation Seminar, Society of Women Environmental Professionals, Transportation Research Board/Foundation and other trade and professional organizations. Janine is the chair of her municipal environmental commission.

Janine is a graduate of Syracuse University . She received her J.D. with honors from Rutgers University School of Law in 1984, where she served as a law review editor and symposium editor. She served as law clerk to New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Alan B. Handler.

Published Works:

N.J., a State Formerly Known As Progressive, Commentary, New Jersey Law Journal, November 3, 2008
The Task Ahead, Now That N.J.'s Death Penalty Is Gone , New Jersey Law Journal, September 22, 2008