Practice Areas
Environmental Services
We are proud that we were one of the first firms in the nation to recognize the importance of a comprehensive approach to the investigation and management of the economic, social and environmental impacts of site development and revitalization. We are committed to help clients find a workable solution to every environmental challenge. As lawyers and project managers, we have both the legal expertise and technical background to identify and understand potential obstacles. We simplify the environmental process, ensuring projects succeed.
We are well-versed in current federal and local environmental laws, statutes and regulations. This knowledge allows us to focus on legal matters related to the investigation, permitting and remediation of environmental concerns at commercial development and industrial sites throughout the United States. Your property is an asset with benefits that should be fully realized. This belief is the driver behind our efforts to establish a viable site that aligns with identified business objectives. From property rights to development, our real-world experience equips us to respond to challenges with creative, yet practical and legally-sound solutions to any type of land-use situation.
Our Areas of Expertise
We work through environmental concerns with developers, tenants and property owners maximize the value and use of their real estate. We’ve spent years building an extensive network of consulting firms and service providers that works tirelessly to ensure project viability. We know exactly who to contact when we need to facilitate a transactions in the following areas:
- Build on a landfill
- Contest a condemnation action
- Ensure subdivision compliance
- Mitigate wetlands
- Negotiate a utility easement
- Pursue public funding
- Resolve a permitting issue
- Rezone a site
- Solicit response from government official
- Compliance counseling
- Contract negotiation
- Cost recovery
- Cost sharing
- Due diligence
- Inspections
- Liability protection
- Property valuation
- Regulatory affairs consulting
- Remediation responsibility
- Asbestos
- Brownfields
- CERCLA
- Clean Water Act
- Cultural resources
- Dry cleaner contamination
- FEMA
- NPDES permitting
- Phase I
- Phase II
- Protected species
- RCRA
- State regulatory programs
- TCSA
- Underground storage tanks
- Wetlands
- 404 permitting
