Environmental Enforcement Actions

Toxic Torts

Bankruptcy

Criminal Enforcement

Private Environmental Litigation

Insurance Coverage

Environmental Trade Secret Litigation

Creative Settlements

Weil environmental lawyers defend clients in civil and administrative enforcement proceedings under Superfund, RCRA, TSCA, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and State Environmental Laws.  We are skilled at crafting creative settlements of Superfund and RCRA actions including the use of trusts and insurance to foreclose future liability for owners, operators and generators.

Defend clients against personal injury, property damage, and nuisance claims brought in connection with releases of hazardous substances.

We represent debtors and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings concerning the treatment of environmental and toxic tort liabilities under the Bankruptcy Code. Many of these cases involve multiple sites subject to CERCLA and litigation or settlement negotiations with federal and state authorities as well as private parties.

We defend clients against criminal prosecutions under the environmental laws.

Weil represents US and foreign corporations in criminal enforcement investigations, grand jury proceedings and prosecutions and settlements involving hazardous waste management, asbestos exposure, and Clean Water Act violations, including matters involving major government contractors faced with listing sanctions.

We represent clients in private litigation over the allocation of cleanup obligations under environmental laws, common law, and contractual arrangements.

We represent clients in litigation over insurance coverage for environmental liabilities.

We represent clients in disputes over compensation for technical data under FIFRA and TSCA.

Weil focuses on negotiating creative settlements of environmental disputes, allowing clients to achieve their main objectives.