Service Areas

Education

Wayne State University Law School, J.D.
Wayne State University, B.A.

Bar Admissions

Michigan

Languages

Italian

Anna M. Maiuri

Principal

maiuri@millercanfield.com

Troy
T: +1.248.267.3260
O: +1.248.879.2000
F: +1.248.879.2001

With more than $2.0 billion in transactions to date, Anna M. Maiuri has extensive experience in helping corporations, business owners and operators assess environmental liabilities when purchasing, selling or leasing assets both across the country and around the world. She is particularly experienced in helping utility companies and manufacturers achieve regulatory compliance through effective negotiations with governmental regulators that result in cost-effective strategies that fulfill both the client's and the regulator's needs. Anna has saved her clients over half a million dollars in penalties through reasoned negotiations of various consent orders under the Clean Air Act, CERCLA, Part 201 and other statutes and regulations. To each of her clients, Anna brings a comprehensive understanding of the various environmental laws and regulations and how regulators interpret them.

“The most important asset an attorney can bring to a client is the ability to decipher the client's true goals and objectives -- sometimes before the client even knows what they are – and then develop a strategy for achieving them.”
Anna M. Maiuri

Experience

Anna also has extensive experience in complex matters including developing a strategy to address methane issues at a former municipal landfill, obtaining wetland determinations, and obtaining a remedial action plan approval for installation of a public water system to resolve claims associated with a county landfill. She also facilitates brownfield redevelopment by serving as the municipality Brownfield Redevelopment Board attorney on several local projects.

Anna was instrumental in breaking a deadlock between the client and regulators that was holding up an environmental remedial action plan. By bringing all the parties together -- in a six-hour marathon meeting -- and persuading everyone that doing what is in the public’s best interest put them all on the same side, she and her team were able to find common ground and develop a strategy to get the plan approved.

In another case, Anna was asked to step in on behalf of a client that was having a difficult time with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)regarding several violations at a particular site. As a result, efforts at remediation were stymied. Although she was not working with that particular site at the time, the client sought Anna’s help to repair the relationship and get remedial efforts back on track. By developing an action list, assigning tasks and developing concrete agendas for meetings with the regulators, she and her team were able to get the vast majority of compliance issues completed within one year, thus avoiding a significant penalty and restoring positive dialogue with the MDEQ.

“My prior experience as an auditor for the U.S. General Accounting Office gives me unique insight into the way government and regulators work – and where the system sometimes fails. My clients benefit because I understand what happens behind the scenes.”

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan, Environmental Law Council 2006-present, Secretary/Treasurer 2009-2010; Vice-Chair 2010-2011, Chair 2011-2012
State Bar Representative Assembly of Michigan, Served over six years as an elected 6th Circuit Representative
Oakland County Bar Association
Miller Canfield Leadership Positions, Energy, Environmental + Regulatory Practice Group Leader, 2010 to present; Deputy Practice Group Leader, 2004-2010; Chair, Managing Directors 2007-2009; Managing Director 2006-2009; Chair, Women of Miller Canfield 2003-2006

Honors + Awards

DBusiness Magazine, Top Lawyers, Environmental 2011
Michigan Lawyers Weekly, 21st Century Innovators Award, October 14, 2009
Best Lawyers in America, Environmental 2007-present; 2012 Detroit Environmental Lawyer of the Year
Michigan Super Lawyers, Top 50 Michigan Women 2006-present; Environmental 2006-present
Wayne State University Law School, Assistant Editor, Wayne Law Review, 1991-1992

Civic, Cultural + Social Activities

Detroit Regional Chamber and Wayne County Economic Development Corporation, China Trade Mission attendee, Hefei, China, November 2008 and 2009
Detroit Regional Chamber, Leadership Detroit, Class XXVI, 2004-05
Troy, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Member Board of Directors, 2002-2009; Women's Business Forum
Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Environmental Law Section
Detroit Economic Club, Member
Automation Alley, Former Vice Chairperson of the Marketing Committee; Subcommittee on Special Events
Organ Procurement Agency of Michigan, Speaker
United Way, Miller Canfield Troy Office Facilitator for Annual United Way Campaign Allocations Committee, Speaker
National Kidney Foundation, Spokesperson and Fundraiser
North Star Reach, Board Member

Publications

"New Options, New Needs for Environmental Insurance," (Co-Author), Michigan Lawyers Weekly, May 9, 2011

"The Advent of Carbon Credit Trading in Michigan," (Co-Author Mark J. Bennett), Michigan Bar Journal, October 2009 (posted with permission)

"21st Century Innovators," (Interview), Michigan Lawyers Weekly, October 14, 2009

"Carbon cap and trade made simple: a primer," Michigan Lawyers Weekly, May 4, 2009

"Meet the Rainmaker," ABA Law Practice Today, March 2005

"Environmental Issues Raise Tough Merger Questions," featured in Grand Rapids Journal article, June 7, 1999

"She Helps Companies Clean Up Their Acts," Featured Spotlight Interview with Troy-Somerset Gazette, August 8, 1996

"Update on Self-evaluation Audit Privilege Legislation," published in Laches, a publication of the Oakland County Bar Association, June 1995

"Implications of Recent Changes to the Michigan Underground Storage Tank Act (MUSTFA) for Municipalities," Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone Government Law Update, 1995

Speeches

"Navigating Environmental Due Diligence in Affordable Housing Transactions," (panelist), Michigan Conference on Affordable Housing Sustainability, Lansing, Michigan, April 13, 2011

"Enforcement Mechanisms: How These Tools Can be Used to Encourage Environmental Regulatory Compliance," Anhui Provincial EPA, Division of Environmental Supervision, Hefei, Anhui Province, China, November 13, 2009

"Climate Change, Business and the Law: What Business Lawyers Need to Know, Basics of Cap and Trade," (Panelist), State Bar of Michigan, Environmental Law Section, Plymouth, Michigan, April 22, 2009

"Status of Environmental Laws in the U.S. and Implementation Procedures,” Hefei University of Technology, Anhui Provincial EPA, Division of Environmental Supervision, Hefei, Anhui Province, China, November 10, 2008

"FASB FIN 47 Compliance – Environmental Asset Retirement Obligations," (Co-presenter with Brad Arbuckle), OESA Environment, Health & Safety Council, December 12, 2006

"Assessing Environmental Liabilities for Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions to Hazardous Waste Management," Wayne State University Law School Class, Detroit, Michigan, January 17, 2000

"Managing Environmental Liabilities in a Hot Economy: Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Today," presentation to clients and consultants in full-day seminars, Dearborn, Michigan, April 29, 1999, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 5, 1999

"Understanding and Applying Cleanup Standards," Oakland County Bar Association, September 26, 1996

"Due Process," (Panelist), Channel 4, sponsored by the Oakland County Bar Association (public service broadcast on organ donations), December 1994

"Legal Considerations Concerning Underground Storage Tanks and the Michigan Underground Storage Tank Financial Assurance Act," presentation to clients and employees of The Traverse Group, Inc., March 1994