Environment
USA Guide 2024 : New York
Band 2
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Provided by Beveridge & Diamond PC
Beveridge & Diamond's (B&D) more than 140 lawyers in seven U.S. offices focus on environmental and natural resource law (including ESG, environmental justice, sustainability, energy, air and climate change, water, and contaminated properties), litigation and alternative dispute resolution (including white collar, internal investigations, and crisis response); and product and chemical regulation. We help clients around the world resolve critical environmental and sustainability issues relating to their products, facilities, and operations. Our team includes former in-house lawyers from leading U.S. corporations and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of State, and other federal and state resource and environmental agencies. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values at B&D. 38% of our principals and 60% of our associates are women, and 52% of all lawyers are from historically-underrepresented populations. We are Mansfield 6.0-Plus certified by the Diversity Lab, having participated in the Mansfield Rule since the Mansfield 2.0 pilot, and in 2023, the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity recognized B&D as a Compass Award winner. B&D holds top-tier rankings for environmental law and litigation from legal directories and ranking services.
Chambers Review
Beveridge & Diamond PC is an environmental boutique with extensive expertise in core areas such as air and water quality as well as brownfield redevelopment. Frequently engaged in regulatory compliance and environmental reviews for major power generation and transmission projects. Recommended for environmental risk review with regard to commercial and corporate transactions. Additionally attracts praise for its litigation experience concerning environmental liability, toxic torts and product liability. Noted for expertise in public infrastructure, energy, real estate, technology and chemicals.
Work Highlights
- Beveridge & Diamond PC defended Waste Connections and its subsidiaries in four putative class action lawsuits and 11 mass tort actions filed by over 800 plaintiffs. Plaintiffs allege that odors from the landfill caused nuisance injuries, property value diminution, and various personal injuries, including death.
Strengths
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"Beveridge and Diamond provides great value by combining excellent expertise at a reasonable rate as compared to other firms."
"B&D was incredibly dependable in providing timely responses to questions, scheduling calls, and always keeping me updated."
"B&D has expertly handled very complicated and nuanced matters for our company."
"Beveridge and Diamond provides great value by combining excellent expertise at a reasonable rate as compared to other firms."
"B&D was incredibly dependable in providing timely responses to questions, scheduling calls, and always keeping me updated."
"B&D has expertly handled very complicated and nuanced matters for our company."
Notable Practitioners
John Paul is recognized for his representation of property owners and developers in contaminated site litigation and brownfield projects. He counsels clients on compliance and enforcement actions, including air emissions and hazardous waste proceedings.
"He's the quarterback of some of our most significant class action environmental lawsuits."
"John is very thorough and is always looking to find a resolution."
Michael Murphy is noted for his environmental work on behalf of energy and waste projects. He handles permitting, compliance and contract negotiations.
"Michael is cool as a cucumber. He was never flustered by anything that the other parties threw at him."
"Michael listens to the client and finds common ground."
"Michael is responsive, very intelligent, strategic, suitably aggressive when the situation calls for it, and very good at anticipating our needs."
Stephen Gordon represents a host of private companies and municipalities in an array of environmental matters and land use concerns. He is particularly knowledgeable of enforcement proceedings.
Daniel Krainin has in-depth experience of toxic torts and contaminated site remeditation and clean-up matters. He also has specialized knowledge of clean water matters and groundwater contamination.
"Daniel is timely, responsive and provides excellent written work."
Megan Brillault is an experienced environmental and toxic tort lawyer. Ms Brillault's practice includes significant Superfund and contaminated site litigation and cost recovery for large corporates.
"Megan is very smart, super responsive, and great at legal writing."
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