Martin Siegel

of Counsel @Barley Snyder

York, PA, US

Marty is a member of Barley Snyder’s Real Estate and Environment & Energy practice groups who spent more than two decades as a litigator at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. In his time at the DEP, he litigated more than 250 appeals in state and federal courts and in front of the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board in cases involving solid waste, clean water, remediation and sewage planning. His cases resulted in tens of millions of dollars of remediation and civil penalties throughout Pennsylvania.In the private sector, Marty has worked with business on both environmental and energy issues. He’s helped companies in real estate transactions navigate environmental issues, worked with municipalities on stormwater and sewage issues and has assisted others in addressing DEP and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enforcement actions. He’s also worked with data center developers and out-of-state gas pipeline owners and contractors to help them comply with environmental requirements and defended them in enforcement actions. Marty is also a trained mediator. In addition, drawing upon his public health background, Marty heads Barley Snyder\'s COVID-19 Response Team. Marty has worked in federal government positions at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in Atlanta and with the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Washington state.Marty is a prolific speaker at professional gatherings throughout Pennsylvania on environmental topics, including Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment, Pennsylvania’s voluntary cleanup program, Chesapeake Bay and clean water issues, and municipal stormwater requirements. He also co-authored the chapter on Pennsylvania’s Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act 2) in Pennsylvania Environmental Law & Practice, Tenth Edition. He is admitted to practice in both Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law

J.D.

University of Pennsylvania

B.A., American Civilization, Communications

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Master of Public Health (MPH)