Michael A. Braymer was appointed Chief Counsel to the Department of Environmental Protection effective December, 2023.

He succeeds Carolina DGiorgio who served as Chief Counsel from March to December 2023 and was named vice president for Governmental and External Affairs at PECO this month.

Prior to his appointment, Braymer was the Regional Counsel with the Department of Environmental Protection’s Northwest Regional Office.

Braymer started his Commonwealth Career as a summer law school intern with the Department of Environmental Protection in the summers of 2000 and 2001.

After graduating law school, Braymer was also an associate for the Quinn Law Firm, in Erie, PA, where he represented individuals and companies in a wide range of environmental and oil and gas matters.

He returned to the Commonwealth as an Assistant Counsel with the Department of Environmental Protection in February 2004.

He was promoted to Supervisory Counsel in 2016, and then to Regional Counsel of the Northwest Regional office in January, 2023.

In these roles, Braymer has counseled and represented the Department of Environmental Protection on complex cases of regional and statewide significance.

Braymer served as lead counsel for the Department of Environmental Protection in several cases before the Environmental Hearing Board, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Commonwealth Court, various Courts of Common Pleas, and United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Braymer received his undergraduate degree in History from the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1999 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2002.

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[Posted: January 15, 2024]

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