"Environmental litigation" refers to legal action taken to address issues related to the environment. It involves lawsuits or legal processes that aim to protect and preserve the natural world, including land, air, water, and wildlife.
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But it became quickly apparent that this organization's innovative legal strategy has the potential to
push environmental litigation and the climate justice movement forward by leaps and bounds.
Traditional common law theories of recovery, which were developed in the context of personal injury and property damage cases, have been adapted and modified to meet the needs of
current environmental litigation.
Clients also look to us for guidance with civil environmental matters, including disputes over responsibility for the cleanup of contaminated properties, and commercial
environmental litigation between former business partners.
He leverages his 27 years of legal experience and background in petroleum exploration to give clients an edge
in environmental litigation.
Our attorneys handle contamination claims, land use disputes and environmental mass tort as well as other forms
of environmental litigation.
Shawn Denstedt, a partner and
environmental litigation lawyer at Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP's Calgary office, thinks the chances of proving a regulator is liable for water contamination are slim.
Derek Petersen, a partner in the firm's Litigation practice, focuses his practice
on environmental litigation, including representation of clients in multiparty cost recovery and allocation actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Arizona's superfund law.
Taft is skilled at prosecuting and defending complex cases involving
environmental litigation involving the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), similar state statutes, class actions and common law claims.
William Cox was recognized as a «Best Lawyer of the Year»
for Environmental Litigation and Sara Ford was recognized as a «Best Lawyers of the Year» for Litigation relating to Mergers and Acquisitions.
During law school, he worked in the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate General at the United States Military Academy at West Point and also practiced law as a student attorney in the Pace Law School
Environmental Litigation Clinic.
As a result of this work, we have become well versed in such areas of
environmental litigation as toxicology, epidemiology, hydrogeology, and we have developed substantial information on many plaintiff and defense experts.
Now he coordinates discovery and e-discovery projects for our west coast
environmental litigation team, helping the Group represent municipalities harmed by PCBs, TCE, TCP, MTBE and atrazine in groundwater and municipal water systems.
California environmental litigation attorneys at our firm have also successfully defended clients in mass and toxic tort defense claims and managed multiple private cost recovery actions in state and federal courts involving the Clean Water Act, CERCLA and RCRA and their state counterpart programs.
Natural Resources and Environmental Law Clinic — Students represent public interest clients in
environmental litigation related to federal public land protection.
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In addition to personal injury, wrongful death, and product liability, our law firm also also handles labor and employment rights law;
environmental litigation cases for contamination and exposure; and consumer protection cases.
Jeffrey J. Parker is a partner in Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP's Los Angeles office, where he specializes in business, products liability, and complex
environmental litigation through trial and appeal, as well as environmental law.
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Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York and the former head of the New York State Office of Climate Change, said he wasn't concerned about the impact of Schneiderman's resignation on
ongoing environmental litigation, in part because it's likely that anyone who replaces him will also be a Democrat in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 3 to 1.
Two leading Harvard Law professors with expertise in environmental law, administrative law, and Supreme
Court environmental litigation, take an opposing view.
In recent years, Lightfoot has been involved in mass
tort environmental litigation across the Southeast involving underground contamination in the petroleum industry, the wood - treating industry, the equipment - manufacturing industry, and the fertilizer industry.
Our attorneys possess the comprehensive knowledge and understanding of environmental laws and regulations, as well as decades of experience, to handle all types of
environmental litigation issues, including cases involving the following matters:
Bonnie Allyn Barnett combines an
active environmental litigation practice with counseling on regulatory compliance and the environmental implications of a wide range of business and real estate transactions.