Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Aggressively pursues available insurance coverage for the investigation and cleanup of contaminated sites and assessment and remediation of Natural Resource Damages under historical comprehensive general liability or excess liability policies, as well as environmental impairment liability policies.
Defends against citizen suits or threatened citizen suits alleging liability for violation of state-issued industrial stormwater permits and other violations of federal environmental statutes.
Represented a transportation services company in response to Washington State Department of Ecology demands that it obtain an industrial stormwater general permit. This also included negotiating reasonable improvements at the facility to obtain a no-exposure certification.
Represented a company who found hazardous materials in its production process and faced agency enforcement. Successfully negotiated a reasonable resolution of the issues and settlement with the agency.
Assisting several clients at the Portland Harbor and Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund sites to resolve alleged liabilities in private allocation processes.
As part of a collaborative effort with other attorneys and their clients, successfully negotiated with the EPA to resolve its original demand to perform remedial design over a large and complex portion of a Superfund site.
Regularly assisting clients with evaluating environmental conditions and the effects on real property transactions.
As part of a team of attorneys, obtained a favorable result in an environmental claim in a bankruptcy proceeding. Expert preparation proved instrumental in obtaining the favorable outcome.
Defended former owner/operator of cement facility in multi-million dollar claim for cost recovery and contribution for environmental contamination. Obtained successful result for client after four-day trial in bankruptcy court.