Environmental issues are increasingly pervasive in contemporary law. New liability schemes and ever-changing regulations affect nearly all of our clients, from Fortune 100 manufacturers to hospitals, municipalities, schools, lenders, insurers and individuals. Our attorneys help clients to reduce their exposure to environmental liability, understand the regulations affecting them, manage their existing problems and plan for the future.
Our attorneys believe that environmental regulations need not impede progress. Through careful analysis, comprehensive planning, precise negotiation and tough litigation, attorneys help clients anticipate and solve their environmental problems – and move on. Specific areas of practice include:
Regulatory compliance and enforcement issues
Litigation matters
Brownfields development
Real estate transactions
Environmental due diligence
Superfund
RCRA
Clean Water Act
Clean Air Act
Wetlands
Zoning
OSHA
Landfill siting negotiations
A sampling of litigation matters is:
Air enforcement cases with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
CERCLA cost recovery and contribution cases with the government and private parties
Public service commission utility siting dispute
Appeals and defense of local government conditional use and variance determinations
