Environmental Litigation

Environmental laws have dramatically expanded the potential civil and criminal liability of managers, officers and shareholders of regulated businesses. As a result, environmental law issues are among the most complex issues confronting businesses today. 

SRZ's environmental practice provides a wide array of litigation services to clients corporations and financial institutions including:

• Legal counsel, advice and, when necessary, litigation representation regarding "Superfund" (CERCLA) liability and related state and local laws
• Prosecution and defense of private cost recovery and environmental contribution litigation
• Litigation representation in environmental coverage disputes
• Alternative dispute resolution for environmental liabilities based on value protection programs
• Clean Air Act litigation raising first-impression questions on the availability of insurance coverage for liability arising out of compliance with New Source Review enforcement by the EPA
• Litigation represenation regarding environmental errors and omissions coverage
• Bankruptcy litigation and the structuring of environmental liabilities in Chapter 11 reorganizations