Bruce H. Tobey is a Partner 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.
Attorney Tobey’s extensive public service includes participation on numerous Federal Advisory Committees of the United State Environmental Protection Agency and as Chair of the Advisory Council of the National League of Cities. He is a past member and chair of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Local Government Advisory Committee, and he had served on the state’s Federal Stimulus Task Force and as Chair of the Advisory Council of the National League of Cities.
As president of the Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association (MMCA), Attorney Tobey serves as a member of the Massachusetts Local Government Advisory Commission (LGAC) and a member of the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) of which he is a former president. He was mayor of the City of Gloucester, MA from 1993 -2002, and is currently a City Councilor of the City.
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, and Director of Business Development for the Aquarion Company.
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. He is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and New York.
