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JAMY BUCHANAN MADEJA, ESQ. jmadeja@buchananassociates.com	Phone: (617) 227-8410 Fax: (617) 227-9943

Jamy Buchanan Madeja, Esq. Buchanan & Associates 33 Mt. Vernon Street Boston, MA 02108 Phone: (617) 227-8410 Fax: (617) 227-9943 E-Mail: jmadeja@buchananassociates.com Experience: Owner, Buchanan & Associates: Environmental, Land Use and Government Relations Services 1995-present. Clients have included: Public and private entities Waterfront property owners and users; marinas and boatyards Development projects proponents or opponents Neighborhood associations Not-for-profit organizations Litigation team with expert counsel needs Planning and development departments of Massachusetts cities Borrowers in need of Environmental and Zoning Opinions Steel mesh manufacturing facility Hydropower facilities Mixed-income, multi-family housing owners Commercial real estate owners and developers First Circuit Court of Appeals (special counsel) Wastewater treatment plant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1991 - Winter 1995. Final position as General Counsel and Assistant Secretary to Governor Weld’s chief environmental office. Special responsibility for Environmental Strike Force, legislative matters, brownfields pilot program, regulatory reform and environmental compliance for state facilities. Associate, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Boston , MA. 1988 - 1991. Real estate and environmental practice: general regulatory practice, some litigation. Focus on land use controls such as wetlands, sewage effluent, stormwater and zoning requirements. Substantial work on state-subsidized housing financings. Occasional representation of battered women. Prosecutor, Middlesex County District Attorney Harshbarger's Office, Fall 1987. Full time position as third year law student. District court criminal matters. Manager, Bank of America Municipal Research Department; Associate, Public Finance, B of A and Crocker National Bank, San Francisco, CA. 1983-85. Advised cities, towns and school districts on municipal finance and credit matters. EDUCATION Metropolitan Mediation Services, Brookline, MA, Mediator Certificate, November, 2000 Boalt Hall, U.C. Berkeley, CA, J.D. Class of 1988 Highest Honors: Professional Responsibility Law delegate to the Graduate Assembly; Berkeley Law Foundation Member Ecology Law Quarterly, Associate Editor Research Assistant, Prof. Kristin Luker, 1985-86; Part time Law Clerk, 1986-88 Yale University, New Haven, CT, B.A., History, Class of 1983 Weston High School, Weston , MA, Class of 1979 Awarded Weston-Rombas Scholarship (full expenses and tuition) Lycée de Rombas, France : Baccalaureate of French Literature and Language - June, 1978 PROFESSIONAL AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS, BOARDS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES Legislative Testimony: Two-stroke engine ban: September, 2007; 2005. Legislative Testimony: Land-use controls, Ultra-fine particulate matter: July, 2007; September 2007. Legislative Testimony/Bill Author: Abandoned Vessels: July 2007; 2005 Legislative Testimony: Ocean Management Planning: June 2007. Guest Lecturer: Rodger Williams University , Marine Law Program: June 2007 Legislative Testimony: Personal Floatation Devises: June, 2007 Legislative Testimony: Mandatory Boater Safety Education: June, 2007. Invited Expert Reviewer: Rhode Island Sea Grant Program, Rodger Williams University : May 2007 Co-Chair, MASSGAP Celebration: 400 attendees, 6 cabinet members, Lt. Gov. Murrey: March, 2006 Director, Save The Harbor/Save The Bay: 2001 to present Advisory Board: Schools for Children, Charlestown Massachusetts, Advisory Board 2006 Contributing author: "Historic MHW or Shoreline? The Ongoing Littoral Dilemma” Gunther Greulich, Surveying and Land Information Science, Vol. 66, No. 1, 2006, pp. 39-44, regarding Ms. Madeja's case, credits at 42 American Boating Congress, 2006: Oral and written participation, assembly of federal regulators and industry representatives Regulatory Testimony: Dredging regulations revisions, offered written and oral testimony, January 2006 Speaker: MassMunicipal Conference, “Rivers, Lakes, Ponds and Coasts: Municipal Development Permitting and Stormwater” January 2006 Speaker : Massachusetts Marine Trades General Membership Annual Meeting, “Chapter 91 Approvals, Army Corp of Engineers and Moorings”, January 2006 Award Recipient (group): Environmental League of Massachusetts, Citizen-Activists of the Year, ELM Lawyer's Committee, 2005 Legislative Testimony: Abandoned vessels, how to revise current law sensibly (Mass. Jt. Comm. Natural Resources, July 2005, oral and written) Legislative Testimony: Ocean zoning/ocean management (Mass. Jt. Comm. Nat. Res., July 2005, written) Guest Lecturer: Boston Bar Association, “Moorings Law: Federal, State and Local Considerations”, May 13, 2005 Legislative Testimony: Vessel valuation and excise taxes (Mass. Jt. Comm. On Taxation, oral and written, 2005 and previously) American Boating Congress, 2005: Oral and written participation, assembly of federal regulators and industry representatives Regulatory Testimony: Wetlands regulatory revisions (Mass Department of Environmental Protection, written, 2004) Guest Lecturer: University of Massachusetts-Boston, Marina Management, 2004 Testimony: City law and state law - harbor management and “mooring” fees (Boston City Council, oral and written, 2004) Author: “Massachusetts Moorings Law”, Mass Marine Trades Association News, 2004 Author: “Waterways User Fees and Boating Taxes”, MMTA, 2004 Legislative Testimony: Boater registration fees and invasive species management (Mass, March, 2004) Author: “Guidance for Handling Government Visits and Inspections – Do's and Don'ts”, 2004 Award Recipient: “Human Services, Pro Bono Professional Group of the Year”, Chelsea Human Services Collaborative, December 2003 Award Recipient: 2003 Founders' Award, Alternatives for Community and Environment Legislative Testimony: Waterfront development loans ( Mass. , oral and written, September, 2003) Legislative Testimony: Two-stroke engine bans (Mass. Jt. Comm. Nat. Res., May 2003, Oral and Written) Legislative Testimony: Massachusetts State Budget, Environmental Agencies (oral and written, most budget cycles Author: Section in Professional Real Estate Development , Second Edition, “Regulatory Pitfalls; Multiple Jurisdictions”, Urban Land Institute, Fall 2003 Board of Trustees: Save the Harbor/Save the Bay 2003 – present Government Relations Committee: Greater Boston Real Estate Board, 2002-2004 Steering Committee/Co-Founder: MassGap Project (Government appointment project) 2004-2006 Legislative Testimony: Article 97 Constitutional Protections for Open Space and Water Supply ( Mass. President: 42-44 Garden St. Condo Association – 2000-2004 Fellowship: Lewis and Clark University , Greenhouse Network for Climate Change - October, 2001; Speaker on Climate Change Action Plans – continuing 2002 Invited Participant: UN “Town Meeting” on Terrorism, Statehouse, Boston , MA - October, 2001 Advisory Board: Sustainable Step New England – 2001-2003 Technical Expert: South Boston Design Review Committee Board of Trustees: Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center , 1995- 2004 Board of Directors: The Alliance of Women's Business and Professional Organizations, Inception - present: Vice President, 1998-1999; President 2000-2001 Board of Directors: Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus, 1995-2001, Vice-President 1998-1999 Counsel: Massachusetts Environmental Justice Network - 1996-present Invited Member: Boston Society of Architects, Seaport Development Team Founding Participant: Project PlaySafe - 1997 initiative to secure Boston neighborhood playgrounds Steering Committee: Environmental Section, Boston Bar Association, 1994-1995 Publication Award: “Best of the Year”, MCLE, 1997 ( Practice Tips in Environmental Enforcement) Speaker and Author: Environmental Enforcement (MCLE), 1996 Speaker and Author: Environmental Basics, 1995 Author: “Handling Environmental Inspections: Before, During and After,” 1999 Author: Massachusetts Brownfields Policy - legislative and regulatory recommendations, 1995, 1998 Author: Chapter in Massachusetts Environmental Law on “State Environmental Grant and Loan Programs,” MCLE 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2006 Author: “Lucas and Takings: Do's and Don'ts for Environmental Regulators”, 1994, 1996 Author: Numerous materials on state, local and federal regulation on wetlands, 1991-present Co-founder: Boston Associates Fellowship for the Benefit of Greater Boston Legal Services. Founded fellowship to fund legal services for the indigent through contributions from associates in private practice, 1989-present. Speaker: “Environmental Enforcement and Regulation of Photoprocessing Chemicals”, 1990 Author: “Essential Elements for Conviction” (statutes frequently charged in district courts), 1987 Author: “The Case for Criminal Enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act”, 1988

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