Ruth Silman. (Courtesy photo)
Harvard resident Ruth Silman, an associate with Nixon Peabody in Boston, has been appointed to the board of the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC). The EBC, founded in 1990, was the first organization established in the United States to support and foster the development of the environmental and energy industries.
Silman’s legal practice focuses on complex environmental and land use matters. Her extensive experience includes air quality, hazardous waste assessment and remediation, brownfields redevelopment, wetlands protection, stormwater, wastewater, septic system, and water quality issues at federal, state, and local levels. She advises clients regarding environmental management systems and environmental audits, and represents clients concerning land use implications of real estate transactions, including zoning, environmental impacts, permitting, and compliance.
Silman is a member of the Boston Bar Association (environmental law section), the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, the American Bar Association (environment and natural resources section), the Air and Waste Management Association (member and New England section membership chair), and the Environmental Business Council of New England (member and vice chairman of the Air Quality Committee).
Silman serves on the board of the Virginia Thurston Healing Garden and is a member of the Devens Focus Group, a committee formed to address issues arising out of the disposition of a former U.S. Army base.
