Dawn M. Lamparello concentrates her practice in environmental law, including related regulatory compliance and litigation concerning various federal and state environmental statutes. Dawn counsels clients in connection with complex CERCLA site studies and remedies, as well as RCRA waste management issues, across the United States. She also advises clients in numerous sectors on permitting and reporting for various environmental media, including water, air and chemical management. Dawn co-leads the firm’s cross-practice Emerging Contaminants task force, managing and guiding compliance on issues related to PFAS and other emerging contaminants under federal and state programs.
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Dawn served as a law clerk to the Honorable Patricia K. Costello, Assignment Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey.
Dawn is active in K&L Gates’ recruiting committee, working with her partners to actively recruit summer associates and lateral candidates for the firm. As an associate, she was selected to participate in the firm’s Global Associate Symposiums in 2012, 2013 and 2014. In addition, Dawn has handled a number of pro bono cases providing legal services to victims of domestic violence.
- Recognized by Chambers USA for Environment in New Jersey, 2025
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States as a Recommended Lawyer for Environment: litigation, 2024
- NJLJ New Leaders of the Bar - 2016
- ACOEL Fellow - 2023
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Board of Directors
- New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, Editorial Board, 2012-2025
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Renewable Energy, Cleantech and Climate Change Committee, Past Co-Chair
- American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources: Superfund and Natural Resource Damages Litigation Committee, Past Marketing Vice-Chair
- NJ LEEP (Law Education Empowerment Program). Served as mentor to a high school student in Newark, NJ in this law-related education programming organization.
- Speaker, SESHA 2026 Annual Symposium, 13-16 April 2026
- Speaker, 2025 Sediment Workshop, K&L Gates Seattle, 12 August 2025
- Speaker, New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting, 15 May 2025
- Speaker, “Old and in the Way: Managing Long Standing Superfund Sites,” American Bar Association, March 2025
- Speaker, Chemistry Council of New Jersey, RCRA Regulatory Update, October 2018
- Speaker, New Jersey Environmental Law Forum, RCRA/Waste Management Regulatory Update, June 2018
- Speaker, Environmental Obligations in Bankruptcy: Reconciling the Conflicting Goals of Bankruptcy and Environmental Laws, 27 March 2018
- “Biosolid Contaminants Spawn Litigation, Regulation Risks,” Law360, August 2025
- New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, Special Editor, Renewable Energy, June 2024
- New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, Author, ‘Forever Chemicals’ and the Law: Broadening PFAS Regulations and Legislation, June 2024
- New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, Special Editor, Renewable Energy, June 2022
- New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, Special Editor, Technology and Law, June 2019
- New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, Special Editor, Bankruptcy, February 2019
- New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, Special Editor, Environmental Law, October 2016
- “Key Environmental Liability Considerations in Bankruptcy Actions,” New Jersey Lawyer, October 2016
- New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, Special Editor, Class Actions, April 2015
