Dave Sherry joined the firm after serving as an attorney for the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. He practices in environmental, maritime, wetlands, and land use law. Prior to working for the State of Connecticut, Dave served 21 years in the U.S. Coast Guard and retired as a Commander. In the Coast Guard he gained extensive experience interacting with state and federal regulatory agencies as both an attorney and environmental response expert. Dave also oversaw waterfront facility, bridge, and vessel safety and security regulatory projects in navigable waters as a port safety and security officer in the Coast Guard. Of note, he led vessel decontamination efforts on-site for the entire Deepwater Horizon response in 2010. He has substantial investigation and litigation experience attained through overseeing cases in criminal, civil, and administrative jurisdictions.
Dave graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with a degree in Marine and Environmental Sciences. He graduated with a specialty in International Law from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts, and earned his Master of Laws degree in Military Law with a specialty in Administrative and Civil Law from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2013. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Eric Jacobi joined the firm after practicing for over a decade at two prominent international law firms. He focuses on environmental, antitrust, political law and compliance, and complex commercial litigation. Eric has substantial experience advising clients on all matters of business start-ups and antitrust law, including price fixing, monopolization, merger clearances, and second requests. In addition, he advises clients on environmental liability and has held leadership roles on several high-profile matters including a multinational energy company’s landmark victory in an environmental and RICO litigation in the Southern District of New York.
Eric advises a wide range of individuals and companies, including those in the technology, energy, political consulting, and pharmaceutical sectors. He has served as the lead attorney on numerous Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) cases and first chaired a successful appeal in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Eric is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in Virginia, New York, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C.
Mr. Jacobi, the firm’s lead environmental attorney, began practicing with the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1976. In his capacity as Enforcement Division counsel in both the Water and Hazardous Waste Sections, Mr. Jacobi practiced for EPA through 1979. At that time, he became senior environmental attorney for Stauffer Chemical Company where he was responsible for its major environmental matters including several nationally known Superfund cases. Mr. Jacobi remained with the company until 1987 when he organized the existing firm.
Mr. Jacobi graduated from Hofstra University, magna cum laude, in 1972 before attending Hofstra Law School from which he graduated in 1975. During his tenure with Stauffer Chemical Company, he continued his educational pursuits and in 1984 obtained his MBA from Sacred Heart University. He is the former chairman of the Milford Inland Wetlands Agency and a former elected member of the Milford Board of Aldermen. He is a past Chairman of both the Environmental Committee of the Corporate Bar Association and the New Haven County Bar Association – Environmental Committee. Mr. Jacobi also served on the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Agency’s Committee to enact Transfer Act Legislation and the DEEP Cleanup Standards Development Task Force.
Mr. Jacobi has lectured before the International Research Institute on environmental insurance coverage and before numerous bar association groups on environmental issues ranging from managing CERCLA multi-party cases to Transfer Act Compliance in Complex Real Estate Transactions. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Who’s Who Among Outstanding Americans. He has an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.© Mr. Jacobi has also authored feature articles published in the Connecticut Bar Journal (Trustee Liability) and Connecticut’s Environment Magazine (Transfer Act Liability).
