Partner
Hartford
Email: pboyewilliams@murthalaw.com
Phone: 860-240-6168
Fax: 860-240-5883
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Bar & Court Admissions
- Connecticut
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
Education
- Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2003)
- Cornell University (B.S., 1998)
Patricia L. Boye-Williams
Patti Boye-Williams is a partner in the firm’s Environmental and Renewable Energy Practice Groups.
Patti advises clients on a variety of regulatory compliance matters arising under RCRA, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, CERCLA and related state laws. Additionally, Patti has represented both renewable energy developers and renewable energy off-takers, including municipalities, in a variety of matters including: representation before PURA and the Connecticut Siting Council, the negotiation of power purchase agreements, and analysis of proposals to develop large scale solar arrays.
Patti has significant experience managing environmental aspects of complex corporate and real estate transactions, including evaluating the impact of the Connecticut Property Transfer Act on these transactions. She has counseled clients regarding compliance with remediation requirements under both federal and state laws, including the remediation of hazardous building materials (for example the remediation of PCBs in caulk and paint). Her CERCLA experience includes representing PRPs at multi-party Superfund sites throughout the country, including counseling clients with regards to settlement with state and federal entities, as well as other PRPs. She has also advised clients regarding the impact of bankruptcy on environmental liabilities and successfully represented policyholders in insurance disputes stemming from historical environmental contamination.
Patti is a former Assistant Attorney General at the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General. As an Assistant Attorney General, she advised and represented the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Department of Agriculture and the Connecticut Agricultural and Experiment Station.
Before becoming an Assistant Attorney General, Patti was an associate at Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago where she was a member of the firm’s Environmental & Workplace Health and Safety Law and Climate Change and Clean Technology Practice Groups. While there, she advised clients on a variety of matters involving compliance with environmental laws as well as climate change issues.
- American Bar Association
- Connecticut Bar Association
- PCBs: The Unknown Building Material That Can Cost Millions to Address, American Bar Association Natural Resources & Environment Volume 32, Number 1, Summer 2017
- SEC Disclosure Obligations: Increasing Scrutiny on Environmental Liabilities and Climate Change Impacts in Lawrence P. Schnapf, Ed., American Bar Association Environmental Issues in Business Transactions, 2011
- Jenner & Block on Federal Appeals Court – Greenhouse Gas Emitters Can be Subject to Federal Common Law Nuisance Liability, LexisNexis Emerging Issues Analysis 4400, November 2009
- Paving the Way for Greenhouse Gas Public Nuisance Claims, Law360, 2009
- November 5, 2021 - Three Murtha Cullina LLP Attorneys Win Municipal Elections
- August 19, 2021 - 40 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition
- August 20, 2020 - 48 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition
- July 1, 2020 - Murtha Cullina LLP Successfully Represents Savant Systems, Inc. in Multifaceted Acquisition of GE Lighting
- August 15, 2019 - 33 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition; Four Named “Lawyer of the Year”
- January 2, 2019 - Murtha Cullina LLP Announces New Partners and Counsel
- November 9, 2017 - Murtha Cullina Attorney Patricia L. Boye-Williams Elected To Farmington Town Council
- October 11, 2016 - Murtha Cullina LLP Promotes Three Attorneys to Counsel
- Patricia Boye-Williams Joins Murtha Cullina LLP
- October 23, 2018 - Patricia Boye-Williams Speaking on CT Climate Change Laws at the 2018 COST Legislative and Regulatory Update
- May 18, 2018 - Patricia Boye-Williams Panelist for Presentation on PCBs at CBIA Energy and Environment Conference
- June 16, 2017 - Al Smith and Patricia Boye-Williams are speaking on the panel "Brownfield Redevelopment Incentives: What can be done to encourage the reuse of unproductive contaminated properties?"
Patti Boye-Williams is a partner in the firm’s Environmental and Renewable Energy Practice Groups.
Patti advises clients on a variety of regulatory compliance matters arising under RCRA, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, CERCLA and related state laws. Additionally, Patti has represented both renewable energy developers and renewable energy off-takers, including municipalities, in a variety of matters including: representation before PURA and the Connecticut Siting Council, the negotiation of power purchase agreements, and analysis of proposals to develop large scale solar arrays.
Patti has significant experience managing environmental aspects of complex corporate and real estate transactions, including evaluating the impact of the Connecticut Property Transfer Act on these transactions. She has counseled clients regarding compliance with remediation requirements under both federal and state laws, including the remediation of hazardous building materials (for example the remediation of PCBs in caulk and paint). Her CERCLA experience includes representing PRPs at multi-party Superfund sites throughout the country, including counseling clients with regards to settlement with state and federal entities, as well as other PRPs. She has also advised clients regarding the impact of bankruptcy on environmental liabilities and successfully represented policyholders in insurance disputes stemming from historical environmental contamination.
Patti is a former Assistant Attorney General at the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General. As an Assistant Attorney General, she advised and represented the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Department of Agriculture and the Connecticut Agricultural and Experiment Station.
Before becoming an Assistant Attorney General, Patti was an associate at Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago where she was a member of the firm’s Environmental & Workplace Health and Safety Law and Climate Change and Clean Technology Practice Groups. While there, she advised clients on a variety of matters involving compliance with environmental laws as well as climate change issues.
- American Bar Association
- Connecticut Bar Association
- PCBs: The Unknown Building Material That Can Cost Millions to Address, American Bar Association Natural Resources & Environment Volume 32, Number 1, Summer 2017
- SEC Disclosure Obligations: Increasing Scrutiny on Environmental Liabilities and Climate Change Impacts in Lawrence P. Schnapf, Ed., American Bar Association Environmental Issues in Business Transactions, 2011
- Jenner & Block on Federal Appeals Court – Greenhouse Gas Emitters Can be Subject to Federal Common Law Nuisance Liability, LexisNexis Emerging Issues Analysis 4400, November 2009
- Paving the Way for Greenhouse Gas Public Nuisance Claims, Law360, 2009
- November 5, 2021 - Three Murtha Cullina LLP Attorneys Win Municipal Elections
- August 19, 2021 - 40 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition
- August 20, 2020 - 48 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition
- July 1, 2020 - Murtha Cullina LLP Successfully Represents Savant Systems, Inc. in Multifaceted Acquisition of GE Lighting
- August 15, 2019 - 33 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition; Four Named “Lawyer of the Year”
- January 2, 2019 - Murtha Cullina LLP Announces New Partners and Counsel
- November 9, 2017 - Murtha Cullina Attorney Patricia L. Boye-Williams Elected To Farmington Town Council
- October 11, 2016 - Murtha Cullina LLP Promotes Three Attorneys to Counsel
- Patricia Boye-Williams Joins Murtha Cullina LLP
- The Effects of the 2022 Ozone Reclassification on Permitting Requirements
- November 9, 2021 - Retail, Restaurant and Hospitality Group News: Recent Updates Affecting the Retail, Restaurant & Hospitality Industry
- March 19, 2021 - Environmental Group News: New Connecticut DEEP Regulations Create Obligations For Properties With Existing ELURs
- April 4, 2018 - Retail, Restaurant & Hospitality Group News: Ensuring “Universal Wastes” are Handled Correctly to Avoid Penalties
- August 9, 2017 - Retail, Restaurant & Hospitality Group News: Environmental Issues that Arise in Retail and Other Commercial Businesses
- October 2014 - Retailers should prepare for potential enforcement initiative by Connecticut DEEP
- EPA Issues Final Rule Amending All Appropriate Inquiries Standard
- DEEP Issues New General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater and Dewatering Wastewaters from Construction Activities
- October 23, 2018 - Patricia Boye-Williams Speaking on CT Climate Change Laws at the 2018 COST Legislative and Regulatory Update
- May 18, 2018 - Patricia Boye-Williams Panelist for Presentation on PCBs at CBIA Energy and Environment Conference
- June 16, 2017 - Al Smith and Patricia Boye-Williams are speaking on the panel "Brownfield Redevelopment Incentives: What can be done to encourage the reuse of unproductive contaminated properties?"
- Connecticut
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
- Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2003)
- Cornell University (B.S., 1998)
