Bob Cox is recognized as one of the top environmental lawyers in Massachusetts by Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. He has been selected by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Environmental Law, and since 2004, he has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer by Boston Magazine and New England Super Lawyers Magazine.

Mr. Cox counsels clients on environmental compliance and enforcement actions. He represents clients with respect to water, air, hazardous waste, and solid waste matters before the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and local regulatory boards. He has significant experience in NPDES water permitting, including appeals of NPDES permits to the Environmental Appeals Board, as well as administrative appeals and hearings on MassDEP issued permits. He defends claims and actions brought by government environmental enforcement agencies.

He also represents clients in cost recovery claims and private party litigation under Chapter 21E and CERCLA in state and federal courts. He regularly advises clients on Brownfields development activities and on strategies to limit or shift environmental liability risks in connection with real estate or business transfers.

Mr. Cox is a frequent speaker on environmental law and has authored many publications on current topics in the practice of environmental law. He was founding chair of the Environmental Law Section of the Worcester County Bar Association. Mr. Cox is active in various civic and professional organizations, including the Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Worcester County Bar Association and MCLE, and in the Town of Rutland, where he served on the Zoning Board of Appeals for 15 years.

• Board Member, Environmental Business Council of New England
• Chair, Mayor's Brownfields Task Force, City of Worcester
• Town Counsel, Oakham (1989-2004)
• Member and Chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Rutland (1987-2002)
• Member and Vice Chairman, By-Law Study Subcommittee, Town of Rutland (1998-2002)
• Conservation Commission, Town of Webster (1985-1986)
• Co-Chair, Bar Day Program 2003-2004, Worcester County Bar Association
• Former Chair, Environmental Law Section, Worcester County Bar Association
• Former Member, Executive Committee, Worcester County Bar Association
• Former Member, Property Law Section Council, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Former Co-Chair, Clean Air Committee, Environmental Law Section, Boston Bar Association
• Former Member, MCLE Real Estate and Environmental Curriculum Advisory Committee
• Member (former Chair), Massachusetts Audubon Society, Worcester Advisory Board
• Clerk, Rutland Land Conservancy, Inc.