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Resume and Bibliography of Mike Diederich Admitted to Practice: New York, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court (S.D.N.Y.& E.D.N.Y.), Second Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Army Court of Military Appeals, and U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Writings: · Treatise Chapter: Municipal Solid Waste Management, New York Environmental Law Series (Lawyers Cooperative, 1995). · Article: "Law: Can Municipalities Manage Their Own Solid Waste", ENVIRONMENT Magazine (May 1995). · Article: "Practitioner's Perspective: In Light of Carbone: Who Owns Municipal Solid Waste?", THE NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REPORT (April 1995). · Article: "For the Government Counsel--Keep Democratic Rule over Trash", ABA Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Nov./Dec. 1994. · Article: "Garbage and the Constitution: Democracy Collides with the Commerce Clause", N.Y.S. Bar Association's Environmental Law Section Journal, May 1994. · Law Review: “Does Garbage Have Standing?--Democracy, Flow Control and Solid Waste Management", 11 PACE ENVT'L L. REV. 157 (Fall 1993). · Article: "County Acquires Prescriptive Easement Over Runway Airspace", FOOTNOTES (July 1992) at p. 5. · Law Review: Law of War and Ecology A Proposal for a Workable Approach to Protecting the Environment Through the Law of War, 136 MILITARY LAW REVIEW 141 (Summer 1992)
Education: · B.S., University of Vermont, l976 (Environmental Science). · J.D., Northwestern School of Law, l980. · LL.M. Pace Univ. School of Law, 1992 (Environmental Law). · Advanced Course, Army Judge Advocate General’s School, 1992 · Command & General Staff College, U.S. Army, 1999
Public Interest cases · Diederich v. Supervisor Hurley– Mr. Diederich’s effort to determine the extent of possible taxpayer hard perpetrated by the former Town Supervisor, convicted on felony corruption charges. · Morgan et al v. Town of Orangetown and N.Y.S. Comptroller– Mr. Diederich’s effort to protect taxpayers against local government’s defrauding of the N.Y.S. retirement system, paid for by taxpayers. · Diederich v. Rockland County Police Chief’s Association – Mr. Diederich’s opposition to small police chiefs being paid exorbitant salaries and potentially defrauding the N.Y.S. Retirement System. · Diederich v. Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority-- Mr. Diederich’s opposition to the county’s waste authority paying $104,000 for a single, and unauthorized, 13 ½ page “friend of the court” legal brief. · Diederich intervention sought in Chief Judge Judith Kaye v. New York State—Mr. Diederich’s efforts for the State’s judiciary to become beholden to the public, not powerful non-citizen interest, in their quest for fair judicial pay. · Wetzel v Town of Orangetown et al—Mr. Diederich’s representation of a police woman opposing gender discrimination and political cronyism. · Mr. Diederich has served in Iraq as a member of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General “JAG” Corps. He is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army reserve. |
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