
Daniel E. Estrin
General Counsel and Legal Director
Since 1/4/16
Daniel joined Waterkeeper Alliance in January 2016, and previously represented the organization as outside counsel for over fifteen years. Prior to joining Waterkeeper Alliance, Daniel spent a decade as Managing Attorney and a clinical law professor at Pace Law School’s Environmental Litigation Clinic. Prior to joining the Pace Law faculty in 2006, Daniel was Special Counsel at Kennedy & Madonna, LLP, a public interest law firm where he represented environmental advocacy organizations in citizen suits and permit challenges. Before that, Daniel practiced for eight years in the litigation/arbitration and insurance/reinsurance departments at Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York City, where he focused on environmental insurance coverage disputes.
Daniel is admitted to practice in New York State, as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York.
Daniel resides in Fairfield County, Connecticut, just a mile from Long Island Sound. In his spare time, he enjoys live music, hiking, swimming, paddling, cooking, and traveling with his family.
Daniel E. Estrin's Articles

Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to the Congressional Spending Bill’s Extension of Polluter Loopholes for Industrial Animal Agriculture
- By: Daniel E. Estrin
- News | Pure Farms Pure Waters
Daniel E. Estrin, General Counsel and Advocacy Director of Waterkeeper Alliance, released the following statement: The omnibus spending bill recently signed...

Act Now: Our Toxic Coal Ash Legacy
- By: Daniel E. Estrin
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Coal-fired power plants are by far the single largest contributor of toxic pollutants such as arsenic, cadmium, and lead to waterways across the United...

Tell your Members of Congress: Pass a “clean” budget!
- By: Daniel E. Estrin
- Clean Water Defense | News
As Congress prepares to negotiate budget appropriations amid the COVID-19 pandemic and long overdue demands for racial justice, we must ensure that our...