Jeff is the Environmental Practice Leader and focuses his practice on business and environmental litigation. He has experience in a wide range of civil litigation matters, including federal and state court litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. Jeff represents large and small companies, as well as individuals, in shareholder, accounting, health care, software and complex contract matters. Jeff also represents clients in various environmental matters, including litigation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Clean Water Act; Clean Air Act; and New York’s Navigation Law. He also represents clients in PRP groups, advises clients on various environmental compliance matters including waste management and landfills, and regularly interacts with state and federal agencies. Jeff successfully worked with the U.S. attorney to obtain a several-million-dollar settlement for the government and his clients in False Claims Act (qui tam) litigation. Jeff also serves as local counsel for out-of-town clients, and has extensive experience representing clients in mediations and arbitrations, including before the American Arbitration Association under both the Commercial Rules and the International Rules. Jeff has also served as a mediator and successfully resolved lawsuits pending in state and federal courts.
Jeff is a member of Hodgson Russ's board of directors.
Jeff exclusively practices U.S. law and is admitted to practice in New York.
Jeffrey Stravino joined David Lombardo on The Capital Pressroom titled "State updates ‘superfund’ program for hazardous waste" to discuss the State's Superfund Program, which helps clean up hazardous materials around New York and was recently updated in the State Budget.
New York’s recently passed 2025 Executive Budget includes significant amendments to sections of the New York Environmental Conservation Law that concern the Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Remedial Program, commonly referred to as the State Superfund Program.
Speaking EngagementNew York State Bar Association (NYSBA)
Hodgson Russ Environmental Practice Leader Jeffrey Stravino served as co-chair of the New York State Bar Association Environment & Energy Law Section’s annual Oil Spill Symposium on May 6, 2025.
Seventy Hodgson Russ attorneys have been named to the 2013 Upstate New York Super Lawyers (59 Hodgson Russ attorneys) and New York Metro Super Lawyers (11 Hodgson Russ attorneys).
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Hodgson Russ LLP is pleased to announce that the following attorneys have been elected to the firm’s partnership: Timothy P. Noonan, David G. Reed, Jeffrey C. Stravino, and Brian K. Duffey.
BUFFALO - The organization provides networking and educational opportunities for Harvard graduates in the Western New York area.
Civic
Past President, UB Law Alumni Association
Regional Director, Harvard Alumni Association
Vice President, Harvard Club of WNY
Founding Member, Hull House Foundation
Board of Directors, The Buffalo History Museum
In addition to serving on the firm’s Board of Directors, Jeff is the President of the University at Buffalo Law Alumni Association. He also currently serves as the Regional Director for Upstate New York and Western Pennsylvania for the Harvard Alumni Association.
Jeff also currently serves as vice president of the Harvard Club of Western New York, for which he previously served as president for five years; is a member of the club's board of directors; interviews applicants seeking club membership; and formerly served as chairperson of the club's Schools Committee.
Previously, Jeff was one of the five founding trustees and was the secretary of the Hull House Foundation. The Hull House is a historic stone residence and landmark built in Lancaster, New York circa 1810 that survived the devastation of the War of 1812. Jeff was instrumental in obtaining nonprofit status for the foundation, and worked in other ways to get the project off of the ground.
Jeff also founded and was the head coach of the Grand Island Royals travel baseball team, and served as a manager for various youth hockey teams for the Niagara Junior Purple Eagles (where he was also a Board member for several years) and the Buffalo Bisons.
He is also former secretary and a former member of the board of trustees of the Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier, now called Preservation Buffalo Niagara.
Professional
New York State Bar Association
Bar Association of Erie County Federal Practice and Environmental Law Committees
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