Environmental

Industry-Focused Experience: Our seasoned attorneys bring deep knowledge of the environmental industry, from waste management to regulatory compliance. We understand your unique challenges and provide tailored solutions that align with your business objectives while navigating complex environmental regulations.

Comprehensive Legal Support: We offer a full spectrum of legal services for the environmental industry, covering everything from permitting and compliance to litigation and transactional support. Our experience with core federal environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, NEPA, and CERCLA, ensures we can address any legal challenge you encounter.

Proven Track Record: With a history of successfully representing clients before the EPA and state administrative bodies, we've established ourselves as formidable advocates for business leaders. Our litigation team has handled precedent-setting cases across the nation, demonstrating our ability to protect your interests in even the most complex disputes.

Representative Experience

• Defending Against Environmental Contamination Claims: Successfully defended a multinational energy corporation against a multi-million dollar environmental contamination lawsuit, leveraging our deep understanding of both environmental law and insurance coverage issues.
• Enabling Landmark Carbon Capture Project through Innovative Transactional Counsel: Represented a landowner in a lease deal with Gulf Coast Sequestration, facilitating a $603 million federal grant for one of the largest carbon capture sequestration projects in Louisiana to date, demonstrating our role in advancing cutting-edge environmental solutions and complex real estate transactions.
• Major Victory in Class Action Chemical Exposure Litigation: Secured a successful appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court and served as trial counsel for an industrial client in a class action alleging chemical exposure, exemplifying our ability to defend clients in high-stakes, precedent-setting toxic tort litigation.
• Strategic Environmental Due Diligence for International Acquisition: Performed comprehensive environmental due diligence for the purchase of an American chemical company by a European buyer, including guidance on obtaining regulatory approvals from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, ensuring regulatory compliance in a cross-border transaction.
• Crisis Management in Industrial Catastrophe: Handled all aspects of emergency response to a major tank explosion at a natural gas storage facility, including coordination with multiple government agencies (PHMSA, OSHA, IEPA, CSB), accident investigation, and resolution of numerous claims through mediation, settlement, and litigation.
• Landmark Defense in Nationwide Environmental Remediation Coverage Dispute: Successfully obtained a favorable decision for an insurer at both trial and appellate levels, establishing that New York law governed a coverage dispute concerning environmental remediation costs at sites across the country.
• Strategic Resolution of Largest Multimedia Environmental Enforcement Action: Achieved a successful resolution for a large paint company in what was, at the time, the largest multimedia enforcement action ever brought by the U.S. EPA, addressing alleged violations under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, and other statutes.
• Comprehensive Environmental Compliance and Permitting Counsel: Successfully represented multiple marine terminals and companies in environmental permitting and compliance matters under the Clean Air Act, including alleged violations of fugitive emission rules, demonstrating our ability to proactively manage regulatory risk and secure favorable outcomes for clients in high-stakes compliance scenarios.