Dry Cleaners and Gas Stations.  Represent numerous property owners with respect to releases from dry cleaner and service station tenants including cost recovery litigation, lease disputes, insurance claim disputes, regulatory enforcement directives and orders, lender requirements, prospective buyer and tenant disclosures and management of concerns regarding indoor air health risks.

Industrial and Manufacturing Facilities. Assist clients with contamination arising from rail yards, wood treatment facilities, canneries, pipeline systems, instant coffee manufacturing, industrial laundry facilities, refineries, military bases, maintenance shops and hydraulic tools/equipment manufacturing.

DTSC Regulatory Actions. Negotiate appropriate scope of Imminent and Substantial Endangerment Orders, investigation and remediation activities, liens and access to state funds.

Regional Board Regulatory Actions. Represent clients in connection with investigation orders and cleanup and abatement orders issued by the various Regional Water Quality Control Boards, as well as in connection with voluntary cleanups, and obtain access to state funds.

Expert Witness. Served as an expert witness concerning site remediation and recovery from the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund.  

Brownfields Acquisition. Represent buyers and sellers of Brownfields properties, appropriate scope of due diligence, procurement of environmental insurance policies and response to regulatory agency directives and orders.

UST Cleanup Fund. Represent numerous clients in appealing eligibility and reimbursement decisions from the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund and assisted clients with complex “on behalf of” agreements and assignment/indemnity agreements.

Downgradient Property Owners. Represent numerous owners of properties located adjacent to contaminated sites regarding impairment of property value, possible health risks and appropriate scope of investigation, remediation and monitoring of contamination. Advise clients regarding possible causes of action as well as negotiate access agreements, tolling agreements and settlement agreements.

Environmental Insurance. Represent purchasers of contaminated properties in negotiations with insurance companies in order to obtain environmental liability insurance policies; Negotiate agreements with insurance companies to obtain coverage under existing, historic policies.

Asbestos. Advise clients regarding asbestos surveying, notice, abatement and disposal regulations as well as due diligence and property transfer disclosures.

Cost Recovery Litigation. Serve as common counsel to private parties negotiating settlement of response costs at Superfund site.

Real Property Transactions. Negotiate and draft purchase and sale agreements and option agreements for commercial, industrial and agricultural properties. Represent landowners in a major expansion of a retail outlet within a large shopping center. Negotiate and draft amendments to restrictive easement agreements and retail leases.