Teno A. West

Teno A. West is the leader of the firm's Municipal Infrastructure Team. His practice focuses primarily on representing municipal government in the areas of administrative law, public contracts, water law, solid waste management and construction law. Mr. West is also experienced in the areas of special appropriations public finance and procurement law. He is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of his practice and is a leader in the field of alternative delivery approaches, including design-build, design-build-operate and public-private partnerships and has taken the lead in drafting legislation required for the undertaking of such alternative procurements. Mr. West has also served as the lead negotiator for the development of several cutting-edge municipal infrastructure projects throughout the United State. His practice including counseling his clients with respect to environmental infrastructure projects including water, wastewater, combined sewer overflow, solid waste, co-composting, materials recovery, and conversion technology and waste-to-energy projects.

Mr. West has extensive experience in representing government agencies, municipalities, counties in the public procurement process and is a frequent lecturer on this and related subjects. His experience as a lawyer was preceded by a unique opportunity to previously serve as the Town Manager of Hardwick, Vermont and Town Administrator of Carlisle, Massachusetts. In his capacity as a municipal manager, he also served on regional solid waste district governing boards in both states.

Mr. West has a J.D. from New England School of Law, earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Vermont and his undergraduate degree from St. Michael's College. While attending New England School of Law, Mr. West was Lead Articles Editor of the New England Law Review. He is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and New York.