Cases
Representative Matters: Defended an automobile manufacturer in a large chlorinated solvent contaminated groundwater case involving federal Superfund
state claims (successfully settled)
Defended an oil company against claims brought by a developer of a shopping center involving petroleum contamination of groundwater (successfully settled)
Defended an aerospace
munitions contractor in a product liability case (won on summary judgment)
Defended a chemical company in a multi-site groundwater contamination suit (successfully settled)
Defended criminal proceedings against a fertilizer manufacturer for allegedly illegally disposing of hazardous waste (settled with payment of a modest civil penalty
no incarceration)
Defended a suit against an asbestos manufacturer brought by the State of California for soil remediation
damages (successfully settled)
Prosecuted a property damage action against a former property owner
environmental contractor for disposal
exacerbation of hazardous waste (all remediation costs
attorneys' fees recovered in settlement)
Defended a sports
gaming complex racetrack in a Proposition 65 case (settled for less than cost of defense after successful rulings on post-trial motions)
Filed a petition for administrative m
amus under CEQA against a water district that proposed constructing a project that would divert the flow of groundwater currently being captured
remediated by an industrial client (resulted in water district preparing an EIR in lieu of a negative declaration)
Representative Experience
Representative Matters
Defended an automobile manufacturer in a large chlorinated solvent contaminated groundwater case involving federal Superfund
state claims (successfully settled)
Defended an oil company against claims brought by a developer of a shopping center involving petroleum contamination of groundwater (successfully settled)
Defended an aerospace
munitions contractor in a product liability case (won on summary judgment)
Defended a chemical company in a multi-site groundwater contamination suit (successfully settled)
Defended criminal proceedings against a fertilizer manufacturer for allegedly illegally disposing of hazardous waste (settled with payment of a modest civil penalty
no incarceration)
Defended a suit against an asbestos manufacturer brought by the State of California for soil remediation
damages (successfully settled)
Prosecuted a property damage action against a former property owner
environmental contractor for disposal
exacerbation of hazardous waste (all remediation costs
attorneys' fees recovered in settlement)
Defended a sports
gaming complex racetrack in a Proposition 65 case (settled for less than cost of defense after successful rulings on post-trial motions)
Filed a petition for administrative m
amus under CEQA against a water district that proposed constructing a project that would divert the flow of groundwater currently being captured
remediated by an industrial client (resulted in water district preparing an EIR in lieu of a negative declaration)
