Sive, Paget & Riesel Employee Directory
Law PracticeNew York, United States11-50 Employees
Sive, Paget & Riesel is a mid-sized law firm based in New York City, focusing on environmental law, litigation, and municipal and land use matters. For more than sixty years, SPR has built a reputation handling environmental assessments and Environmental Impact Statements, Brownfield redevelopment, environmental permitting, and due diligence for corporate transactions. The firm’s litigators prosecute and defend Superfund cost recovery actions, oil spill cases, toxic torts, and challenges to environmental reviews, supported by a team that includes former federal prosecutors and governmental litigators and repeatedly recognized by independent ranking guides. The firm emphasizes high-quality, cost-conscious representation with personal attention to clients, serving a diverse mix that includes state and local governments, public authorities, corporations, major cultural and medical institutions, professional sports organizations, developers, and individuals. Its environmental law practice is positioned to address both protection and development challenges across public and private sectors. In 2026, Chambers USA Guide named SPR a Band 1 top New York environmental law firm, marking the 23rd consecutive year of this distinction.