Services

Our litigation work includes:

• Civil, criminal and administrative enforcement actions, as well as permit challenges and appeals cases
• Superfund defense and cost-recovery cases
• Citizen suits
• Toxic tort cases
• Class action defense
• Solid and hazardous waste litigation
• Facility siting cases for a variety of regulated entities, including landfills; hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities; utilities; and chemical and manufacturing facilities
• Treatment of environmental liabilities in bankruptcy proceedings
• OSHA enforcement actions

Our regulatory and legislative counseling work entails:

• Permitting and compliance issues involving air, water, toxic substances, climate change, and solid and hazardous waste
• Investigations and cleanups under mandatory and voluntary programs
• Brownfield redevelopment
• OSHA compliance
• Auditing and structuring clients’ environmental, health and safety (EHS) compliance and sustainability policies and programs
• Participating in legislative and rulemaking proceedings on behalf of clients

Our transactional work involves

• Mergers, dispositions and acquisitions of businesses and business assets of all sizes
• Representation of financial institutions in lender liability issues
• Counseling of public companies in SEC disclosure issues

Through case work, prior work experience and professional associations, we have established relationships with state and federal regulators and legislators, as well as with peers and technical consultants in the environmental field. Several lawyers in our group have prior work experience with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state attorneys general offices. Some have acted as special counsel to the Ohio EPA or chaired the environmental sections of their local and state bar associations and committees.