Alan Knauf founded the firm in 1986. Linda Shaw joined him in 1998 to bring their extensive environmental law experience together as Knauf Shaw LLP. Dwight Kanyuck and Amy Kendall were named partners in January 2018, and have taken leading roles in the firm. Jonathan Tantillo is our newest named partner as of June 2022. Associate attorneys Samantha Rubino and Eamon Danieu, and law clerk Agata Pijanowski support the firm in all areas of the practice.

Together, Knauf Shaw attorneys guide businesses, developers, landowners, municipalities and other clients through New York’s many review and approval processes including the State Environmental Quality Review Act, Brownfield Cleanup Program, and related land use, zoning and municipal issues. We also assist clients with recovering environmental cleanup costs in actions against responsible parties and insurers, as well as defending clients in State enforcement or cost-recovery actions, in addition to facilitating or challenging decision-making by local, state and federal agencies. Representative cases include Lighthouse Pointe Property Associates, LLC v. NYSDEC, 14 N.Y.3d 161 (2010); Norse Energy Corp. USA v. Town of Dryden, 108 A.D.3d 25 (3d Dep’t 2013);  RACER Trust v. National Grid, et al., 10 F.4th 87 (2d Cir. 2021).