Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government.  Government agencies perform rulemaking, adjudicatory and enforcement activities.  Agencies must perform these functions fairly and constituationally.  Attorney Dowling works with clients to ensure that they are treated fairly by government agencies.

Attorney Dowling represents businesses, individuals, organizations and groups of concerned citizens in dealing with every aspect of environmental law. His legal and consulting services are multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary reflecting the complicated and interdependent nature of environmental law itself. Attorney Dowling draws upon his experience in related areas of the law, as well as his extensive connections to the engineering and regulatory communities to provide his clients with cost effective and results oriented service.  Attorney Dowling has a broad range of environmental law experience from providing clients with environmental due-diligence in large acreage raw land real estate deals, to representing clients in environmental enforcement actions before Massachusetts’ Department of Environmental Protection administrative law courts.  The following is a representative sample of some of the areas of environmental law in which Attorney Dowling has expertise:                                                                    

• Wetlands and Floodplains
• Tidelands and Waterways
• Coastal Zone
• Hazardous Materials and Cleanup
• Clean Air Act Issues
• Water Pollution Control
• Massachusetts Fisheries and Wildlife
• Drinking Water
• NEPA and MEPA Permitting 
• Insurance Issues and Environmental Law

Attorney Dowling represents individuals and businesses throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island with concentrations in Bristol, Norfolk and Plymouth counties including the cities and towns of Attleboro, North Attleboro, Norton, Foxborough, Easton, Plainville, Wrentham, Franklin, Taunton, Seekonk, Swansea, Dighton, Mansfield, Walpole, Norwood, Sharon, Cumberland, Lincoln, Pawtucket, East Providence, North Smithfield, Woonsocket, Barrington and last but not least Warren.