After spending 33 years as a regional engineer with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, I recently transitioned to Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP to direct the operations of the firm, as well as assist in expanding the environmental law practice. My first order of business on Day One, though, was participating in lease negotiations for our new space at Fountain Plaza. Before deciding that Fountain Plaza was going to be our new “home,” LMWF looked at more than 18…