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Biography

Fred handles a wide variety of cases in the firm’s environmental practice in both state and federal courts.

Prior to joining the firm, he served as a Deputy Attorney General for the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General’s Division of Criminal Justice as part of the Honors Program. In that role, he prosecuted and managed complex environmental criminal matters from inception through trial, such as cases involving water pollution, solid and hazardous waste, air pollution, and wildlife offenses. He also provided legal counsel to Division of Criminal Justice detectives, New Jersey State Conservation Police, and New Jersey State Police.

Fred also previously served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Georgette Castner, U.S.D.J., in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the Honorable Ronald Susswein, J.A.D., in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division.

Other Info About Frederick

Education

Law School

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, J.D., cum laude

  • Productions Editor, Pace Environmental Law Review
  • Pro Bono Scholar & Student Attorney, Pace Food and Beverage Law Clinic

Masters

Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Environmental & Energy Law

Undergraduate School

The College of New Jersey, B.S.

 

Clerkships

Frederick served as a clerk for the court(s) and judge(s) below:

Law Clerk to the Honorable Georgette Castner, U.S.D.J., United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, September 2024 – September 2025

Law Clerk to the Honorable Ronald Susswein, J.A.D., New Jersey Appellate Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, August 2021 – August 2022

Bar Memberships

Frederick is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

New Jersey

New York

Courts

Frederick is admitted to practice before the following court(s):

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

Recognition

Local & National Recognition

Award Selection Methodology

“Omnipresent Chemicals: TSCA Preemption in the Wake of PFAS Contamination,” 37 Pace Environmental Law Review 139 (2019) (reprinted in 32 Environmental Claims Journal 265 (2020) and 40 The New York Environmental Lawyer 38 (2020)): Winner of the New York State Bar Association’s, Environmental and Energy Law Section, 2019 William R. Ginsburg Memorial Essay Contest