Attorneys in our Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group bring diverse skills and backgrounds to best counsel clients on legal matters ranging from compliance with the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act to Brownfields development and environmental litigation.
Environmental regulations. Our attorneys counsel clients in a range of matters involving local, state and federal regulatory bodies, including compliance efforts under the Superfund law, permitting and enforcement under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; and negotiations, litigation, administrative appeals, civil penalty assessments and enforcement orders. We have unique and strong capabilities in the new and growing area of climate change regulation.
Transactional Counseling and Site Remediation. For clients who confront environmental issues in buying or selling property, Saul Ewing's attorneys provide transactional counseling from drafting and negotiating agreements to managing associated legal, environmental and financial risks. For owners of contaminated facilities, Saul Ewing helps facilitate site remediation.
Regulatory takings. We represent landowners in regulatory takings cases, including a case that established important principles in the development of Pennsylvania eminent domain law.
Environmental litigation. We represent clients in a range of civil litigation and administrative actions, helping clients meet their goals in a cost-effective manner. We appear before state and federal courts (including administrative law courts), boards and agencies in Delaware, Maryland New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, and handle a range of environmental matters in civil courts, including:
- Government cost recovery actions under Superfund and comparable state law
- Private party cost recovery and contribution actions under Superfund and comparable state law
- Enforcement proceedings under Superfund, RCRA, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and other federal and state environmental statutes
- Appeals relating to environmental permits issued by government agencies
- Defense of citizens' suits
- Environmental contract disputes, including indemnification and insurance recovery.
Environmental project management. We are often called upon to work closely with our clients, government regulators, and consultants to lead a project from the concept phase, through permitting, public hearings and any subsequent regulatory challenges into cleanup activity. Our lawyers either take the lead or work hand-in-hand with the consultants in managing the administrative aspects of compliance from concept through completion of the project.