Portrait of Margaret Carmeli

Margaret Carmeli

Senior Counsel

Margaret represents clients with both New Jersey and national operations on a broad spectrum of matters, with a concentration in environmental law. Her practice areas include site remediation, permitting, business transactions, land use, compliance, sustainable and renewable energy, cost recovery actions; insurance coverage for environmental remediation and enforcement. She has extensive experience in brownfields redevelopment and energy projects appearing before federal, state, and local governmental bodies and boards, representing clients in private party business transactions and in internal company decision-making.

  • Environmental Law
  • Sustainable and Renewable Energy
  • Redevelopment

    Education

    • Rutgers University (J.D.)
    • (B.A.)

    State Bar Admissions

    • New Jersey

    Court Admissions

    • United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
    • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

    Professional Affiliations

    • NJMHA - Chair Legislative/Regulatory Committee.
    • AEA - Board Member (appointed March 2022)
    • AEA - Member Legislative Committee.
    • AEA - Member NJPDES Committee.

    Recognitions

    • Named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Environmental Law (2024-2026)
    • Recipient of the Athena Award in recognition of leadership in the business community and encouragement of women in leadership roles.
    • NJMHA President's Award for outstanding professional service, Distinguished Service Award, and Industry Person of the Year.
    • Past chair of the Women in Business and Professional Services Committee of the Greater Monmouth County Chamber of Commerce.
    • Outstanding Leader Award and Juliette Lowe Leadership Award - Manalapan Englishtown Service Unit of the Girl Scouts of America.
    • Margaret was formerly the co-founder and Vice President of Tyler & Carmeli P.C., and a shareholder of the firm.
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Firm Highlights

  • Podcasts
    Artful Donations: Exploring Museum Exchange
    In this episode of The Legal Canvas, host Caryn Keppler welcomes Robert Wainstein and Michael Darling, co-founders of Museum Exchange, the first digital platform dedicated to facilitating art donations to museums and nonprofit institutions across North America. Together, they explore how technology is transforming the way collectors, artists, estates, and cultural organizations connect through charitable giving. Robert and Michael explain the inspiration behind Museum Exchange, the challenges they set out to solve, and how the platform has grown into a network of more than 400 museums. They walk listeners through the donation process—from evaluating artwork and matching donors with institutions to handling logistics, documentation, and tax considerations. Along the way, they discuss the realities of museum collecting, why many donations are declined, and how thoughtful placements can help preserve artists' legacies while expanding access to important works of art. The conversation also explores Museum Exchange's work with living artists, artist estates, hospitals, universities, and smaller regional museums, as well as the launch of the Charis Foundation for the Arts, a nonprofit designed to steward significant collections before placing them with institutions that can best benefit from them. Robert and Michael conclude by sharing their vision for the future of charitable art transactions and how Museum Exchange is helping reshape philanthropy in the arts for generations to come.