Jullee
Kim

Jullee is a member in the firm’s Environmental department.

Jullee advises clients on complex environmental transactional, remediation, and regulatory compliance matters involving commercial and industrial properties.

Experience

From pre-acquisition due diligence to post-closing remediation and compliance matters, Jullee handles a range of complex environmental matters involving individual and portfolios of properties located in states across the country.  Her clients span a broad range of industries and include property owners, real estate developers and investors, commercial and industrial businesses, and manufacturers.

She works strategically to negotiate contracts and secure insurance policies tailored to the specific needs of each clients’ properties, operations, and future plans to mitigate environmental liabilities and associated financial risks. She also identifies and pursues opportunities for environmental cost sharing and recovery on behalf of her clients.

Jullee works closely with environmental consultants to help her clients navigate compliance with remedial obligations and reporting requirements, for example, under the oversight of:

• New Jersey Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRPs)
• Connecticut Licensed Environmental Professionals (LEPs)
• Massachusetts Licensed Site Professionals (LSPs)
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Brownfield Cleanup Program
• Washington State Department of Ecology’s Voluntary Cleanup Program

She counsels clients on permit compliance matters relating to stormwater, wetlands, hazardous waste, solid waste, and other environmental media.  She also counsels clients on OSHA-related matters.

Before joining Cole Schotz, Jullee practiced environmental law at a boutique law firm in New Jersey and worked in-house on environmental insurance claims at a major global insurance company. Her deep understanding of how policies are structured, evaluated, and applied gives her clients a distinct advantage when negotiating policies and coverage.

Networks & Affiliations

Jullee served as co-chair (2023-2026) and secretary (2021-2023) of the New York City Bar Association’s Environmental Law Committee. She is also a member of the New York City Brownfield Partnership, the New York State Bar Association’s Environmental and Energy Law Section, the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP) NYC/Metro, and the New York City Environmental Law Leadership Institute’s 2017 class.

She earned her B.A. from Boston College and her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where she served as an Executive Articles & Research Editor for the Brooklyn Law Review. She completed a global environmental law fellowship at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, where she earned her LL.M in Environmental Law. Her publications include:

• Reframing Humans (Homo Sapiens) in International Biodiversity Law to Frame Protections for Climate Refugees, 42 WM. & MARY ENVTL. L. & POL’Y REV. 805 (2018).
• Applying Sustainable Land Use Development Studies to Sustainable Agriculture: Are the Conditions Ripe for a Successful Movement Towards Sustainable Agriculture?, 78 BROOK. L. REV. 1033 (2013).