Bruce H. Tobey

Bruce H. Tobey is Senior Counsel with Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West LLC and a member of the firm's Municipal Infrastructure Team. His practice focuses primarily on representing local and regional governments in the areas of public contracts, water law, solid waste management, environmental law and litigation. Mr. Tobey has extensive legal experience advising and representing governments, including municipalities, counties, public authorities and federal agencies, as well as private companies on environmental policy, programs and financial and regulatory matters with a specialty in water and wastewater infrastructure, public-private partnerships and other business development opportunities for sustainable communities.

Mr. Tobey has served on numerous Federal Advisory Committees of the United State Environmental Protection Agency, as President of the Massachusetts Municipal Association, and as Chair of the Advisory Council of the National League of Cities. He was elected Mayor of Gloucester, MA in 1993 and held that position until 2002, when he joined Aquarion Company as Director of Business Development. Prior to joining PLDW, Mr. Tobey was Vice President Business Development for HomeServe USA, leading the company's national campaign to develop public-private partnerships with water and wastewater utilities. Mr. Tobey remains active in local government, serving as a City Councilor for the City of Gloucester, an elected position he has held since 2006.

A 1975 graduate of Wesleyan University, majoring in Russian, Mr. Tobey earned his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1978, where he was a member of Law Review, and his MBA from Suffolk University in 2005. He also served as Lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard Judge Advocate General Corps from 1978 to 1982. Mr. Tobey is a past member and chair of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Local Government Advisory Committee, served on the Commonwealth's Federal Stimulus Task Force, and is currently a member of its Water Infrastructure Finance Commission. He is admitted to practice law in New York and Massachusetts.