Mintz, Joel A(lan)

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MINTZ, Joel A(lan)

MINTZ, Joel A(lan). American, b. 1949. Genres: Law. Career: Williamson & Williamson, NYC, law clerk, 1972-73; Public Education Association, NYC, law clerk for New York Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law, 1973; Natural Resources Defense Council, NYC, law clerk, 1974; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, enforcement attorney in Air Enforcement Branch, Chicago, IL, 1975-76, chief attorney in Case Development Unit, Water and Hazardous Materials Enforcement Branch, Chicago, 1977-78, state relations coordinator and policy adviser in Office of the Regional Administrator, Chicago, 1979-80, senior litigation attorney in Office of Hazardous Waste Enforcement, Washington, DC, 1980-81; Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, assistant professor, 1982-85, associate professor, 1985-87, professor of law, 1987-, founder and codirector of Clinical Program in Environmental and Land Use Law, 1997. Public speaker; guest on television and radio public affairs programs. Publications: State and Local Government Environmental Liability (revised annually), 1994-; Enforcement at the EPA: High Stakes and Hard Choices, 1995; (with F.P. Grad) Environmental Law: Cases and Problems, 2000; (with M.D. Gelfand and P. Salsich) State and Local Taxation and Finance in a Nutshell, 2nd ed., 2000. Contributor to law journals. Address: Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University, 3305 College Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314, U.S.A.