Fox Galvin attorneys have handled a variety of environmental litigation matters, ranging from single-site underground storage tank releases, to cleanups costing hundreds of millions of dollars. Our lawyers have handled cases involving:

• The Clean Air Act;
• The Clean Water Act;
• The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA);
• The Oil Pollution Act;
• The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA);
• Natural Resource Damages Claims;
• The Toxic Substances Control Act.

We have worked with various state regulators, as well as federal agencies, on environmental matters. Often, we work hand-in-hand with in-house and outside environmental counsel from around the country, and we have worked closely with a wide variety of technical experts, from groundwater and remediation specialists, to toxicologists and business valuation experts. Our experience includes:

• Service as Midwest Regional Counsel for a major oil refiner in connection with litigation arising out of the use of a gasoline additive;
  
• Representing the plaintiff in a cost recovery action relating to the cleanup of an oil refinery listed on the CERCLA National Priority List;
  
• Representing a former owner of a nuclear fuels processing facility in connection with a cost recovery action;
• Defending contribution claims related to a CERCLA Superfund site;
  
• Defense and prosecution of criminal claims under the Clean Water Act; and
  
• Defense of state and federal class actions relating to tort claims alleging groundwater contamination.

For more information about our Environmental Litigation practice, contact John Galvin, Bart Sullivan or Richard Korn.

 

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