Environmental Litigation
Brownfields Transactions
Environmental Compliance
Environmental litigation is one of Bois & Macdonald’s key practice focus areas. We regularly handle lawsuits involving:
- Hazardous waste enforcement actions including soil and groundwater pollution (CERCLA, RCRA, CWA, CAA, HSAA, Prop 65);
- Allocation of environmental liabilities related to contaminated property;
- Underground storage tank leaks;
- Storage, transportation and disposal of hazardous materials;
- Government and private enforcement actions under federal & state environmental laws; and
- Insurance coverage disputes concerning environmental contamination.
We both prosecute for clients, and defend clients against, both private party and federal and state agency claims for recovery of cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as well as handling precedent-setting cases under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). We are lead counsel or participate in Joint Defense Groups for several California and Federal Superfund Sites.
Our clients include several Fortune 100 companies as well as small to medium size businesses. Our clients retain us not only to handle their lawsuits but also to solve the underlying problem that gave rise to the litigation.
We assist our clients in locating dated general liability and property insurance policies that may afford coverage for contamination that occurred many years ago. Where coverage is disputed, we aggressively pursue insurance carriers and, on many occasions, have successfully secured defense and indemnity coverage for our insured clients.
