Aliza R. Cinamon leads Proskauer’s Environmental Group. She advises both U.S. and international clients on a broad spectrum of environmental issues in connection with complex corporate, real estate, financing and bankruptcy transactions. Aliza provides clients with a deep array of capabilities, acting on matters that involve liability and risk allocation issues, remediation, brownfields, ESG, sustainability and climate change, public company disclosures, environmental insurance and technical expert management. Her practice also includes representing clients in superfund litigation matters, environmental compliance and permitting and federal and state environmental enforcement proceedings. She has worked on transactions involving both public and private companies covering a wide variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, chemical manufacturing, life sciences, telecommunications, real estate construction and development, sports and retail.
Aliza is also devoted to pro bono matters, including heading the Firm’s efforts on behalf of Holocaust victims eligible for reparations, obtaining disability benefits for veterans, identifying and assisting potential victims of trafficking, helping persecuted Iraqis seeking refuge in the U.S. and providing corporate counseling for a number of the Firm’s other pro bono clients. Before joining Proskauer, Aliza interned for the U.S. District Court, New York, Southern District with Judge Shira Scheindlin.
Education
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Brooklyn Law School, J.D.
magna cum laude
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Yeshiva University, B.A.
summa cum laude
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
Memberships
New York State Bar Association (Environmental Law Section)
New York City Bar Association (Member of the International Environmental Law Committee, Past Member of the Environmental Law Committee)
Awards & Recognition
Chambers USA: New York: Environment: Mainly Transactional 2017-2024
The Legal 500 United States: Environment: Transactional 2017-2024 (Leading Lawyer 2024)
Best Lawyers in America 2025