We represent clients in highly consequential environmental matters in the federal and state courts, with an emphasis on appellate advocacy. Our more than three decades experience before federal appeals courts gives us a unique knowledge of the law and perspective on the courts. In recent years we have successfully overturned and defended EPA regulations before the federal appeals courts on behalf of corporate clients. We authored briefs in both the Supreme Court Clean Air Act decisions handed down in 2007. And we represented a state Attorney General in a precedent-setting common law nuisance action recently decided by a federal district court in North Carolina.

Negotiated Settlements

In any matter, we work with you to identify your core interests and keep the door open to a settlement based on those interests that can minimize your time and costs. Our lawyers have unmatched experience in settling complex, high stakes multi-party environmental litigation on favorable terms. They have had lead roles in settling the largest enforcement cases ever brought under the Clean Air Act against engine manufacturers and electric utilities, as well as achieving the largest compensation in U.S. history for landowners affected by air emissions from a large industrial air pollution source.