Environmental
Our Expertise
We try environmental cases nationwide. Matters often arise from historic and ongoing releases, alleged exposure to hazardous and toxic substances, and business interruptions tied to remediation or permitting outcomes. We handle single-plaintiff and mass actions, class allegations, and consolidated proceedings. Our work includes defending nuisance, trespass, negligence, and product-related claims that track with environmental themes, as well as prosecuting and defending cost recovery and contribution actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.
We regularly litigate issues under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act. We represent clients in citizen suits, administrative appeals, judicial review of agency actions and criminal indictments. When parallel proceedings unfold, we coordinate strategy so that administrative records, expert analyses, and discovery support both courtroom and agency outcomes.
The practice draws on decades of courtroom leadership in toxic tort and products liability defense, including matters arising out of industrial facilities, shipyards, ports, utilities, and waterfront development in the Chesapeake Bay region and beyond. That trial pedigree allows us to evaluate causation, apportionment, and damages with rigor and to negotiate from a credible position at every stage.
