We defend lawsuits, administrative claims, and notices alleging contaminated soil or groundwater, medical monitoring, vapor intrusion, and natural resource damages. Our attorneys defend owners, operators, generators, manufacturers, farmers, and transporters of hazardous materials from clients under Superfund, Clean Water, Clean Air, Federal Insecticide and Fungicide, Resource Conversation Recover Acts, and their state counterparts. Our attorneys have experience defending environmental claims arising from chlorinated solvents, PCBs, diesel gasoline, MTBE, volatile organic compounds, and hazardous materials.
At any time, our attorneys are immediately available on-site to respond to emergency incidents. We guide the investigation to minimize our clients’ liability exposure and to shift liability to other responsible parties. SmithAmundsen attorneys oversee the preservation of documents and evidence. We negotiate with the State and Federal Environmental Protection Agencies to obtain the desired outcome, such as a No Further Remediation (NFR) letter, Compliance Commitment Agreement, or Administrative Order.
Speaker, “Toxic Exposure Claims: Chemical Sensitivity to Brain Damage,” Florida Claim Managers Association, Jacksonville, Florida, July 26, 2005.
Editor, SmithAmundsen Toxic, Environmental and Mass Tort Update, 2004-Present.
Speaker, “Meeting the Mold Challenge,” Lorman Education Seminar, March 2003.