Gail S. Port
Advisory Board
Gail S. Port is the head of Proskauer Rose LL’s interdepartmental Environmental Practice Group, and has been practicing environmental law, land use law and litigation for over 30 years. Prior to joining Proskauer, from 1984-1989, Gail was the Deputy General Counsel (and Acting General Counsel) and the chief environmental advisor to the New York State Urban Development Corporation. A 1976 magna cum laude graduate of New York Law School, Gail has lectured and written widely on a broad spectrum of environmental topics. As an adjunct faculty member at Pace University School of Law, she taught a course entitled “Commercial Environmental Law. Gail is past Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section, the former Chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the City Bar Association and a member of the Boards of Directors of Environmental Advocates and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund. Since 1992, following her appointment by Governor Cuomo, and subsequent reappointment by Governor Pataki, Gail has served as one of only five citizen members on the New York State Environmental Board.