Practice Areas

Environmental Law
Environmental Litigation

Our experienced team includes a marine biologist and former U.S. EPA prosecutor, as well as a geologist and former environmental consultant.

We have successfully handled the following matters, among many others:

Representation of the owner of a RCRA corrective action site including negotiations with EPA and PADEP;
Defended a dredging company regarding violations alleged by PADEP;
Representation of a remediation company regarding the cleanup of a RCRA/Act 2 site;
Represented the owner of a former dry cleaner property in connection with various claims and remediation;
Represented an environmental laboratory concerning an audit by PADEP;
Representation of an agricultural composting company regarding governmental permitting;
Represented a large company in connection with an adjacent chromium site including negotiations with NYSDEC;
Defended a construction company regarding a civil contempt action by PADEP;
Defended a swine CAFO regarding water permit violations alleged by PADEP;
Representation of numerous real estate developers concerning various issues and alleged violations;
Placement of a complex pollution insurance policy for a large company;
Defended a municipal authority regarding Clean Water Act violations alleged by EPA;
Representation of the owner of a Superfund landfill site in negotiating with EPA and PADEP including an environmental covenant;
Defended a poultry processing company regarding CWA violations alleged by EPA;
Provided strategic counseling to an agricultural trade group concerning environmental regulation;
Representation of various businesses regarding air emissions;
Provided representation and counseling regarding numerous mold and indoor air quality issues;
Representation of a class action group regarding contaminated groundwater from a CERCLA site;
Provided strategic counseling to a major insurance company regarding climate change;
Representation of the owners of a HSCA landfill site in negotiating with PADEP including an environmental covenant;
Placement of a conservation easement on a Superfund site;
Provided counseling to a water supply company faced with polluted groundwater;
Individual, joint and liaison counsel representation of numerous companies regarding various CERCLA sites;
Representation of a neighboring landowner concerning a CAFO poultry operation;
Representation of numerous property owners affected by oil and fuel spills;
Representation of an adjacent business affected by a RCRA corrective action site;
Obtained pollution and CGL insurance coverage and defense for several contaminated sites;
Obtained permit approvals from EPA and PADEP for various entities;
Defense of a restaurant and brewery against a wastewater treatment authority;
Representation of a waste oil recycling company;
Representation of the seller of a Superfund site to a municipal government;
Defense of a PADEP enforcement action against a large agricultural operation;
Defense of a Spill Act cleanup directive by NJDEP regarding a former dry cleaner site;
Defense of a stormwater case against a large construction company;
Representation of a bank in connection with a borrower’s purchase of a contaminated site;
Representation of several redevelopers of contaminated properties under Pennsylvania Act 2;
Defense of a hazardous waste transportation company regarding a highway spill;
Representation of several landowners concerning Marcellus Shale leases; and
Representation of an international maritime shipping company regarding TSCA and EPA.