Environment
USA Guide 2024 : Louisiana
Band 1
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Provided by Phelps Dunbar LLP
The Phelps environmental team offers a full service, multi-faceted approach to environmental matters, drawing on scientific training and substantial transactional, regulatory and litigation experience to deliver efficient solutions for our clients.
Phelps’ environmental practice regularly handles the full array of environmental issues faced by businesses. We work with colleagues across practice groups and industries and draw on our relationships with experts, consultants and regulators. We are adept at assisting with the environmental components of major transactions, have extensive regulatory experience and a robust environmental litigation practice. Crucially, our environmental attorneys understand that these areas of expertise are interrelated – our litigation experience informs our analysis of due diligence and risk allocation in transactions; our regulatory experience is vital to our defense of clients in litigation, whether from a private party or a government agency. This mindset and our depth of knowledge allows our team to deliver comprehensive and efficient service to businesses.
Chambers Review
Phelps Dunbar LLP handles sophisticated transactional, litigation and regulatory matters for an extensive list of stellar clients, drawing from a strong pool of attorneys with a wealth of experience at the local, state and federal level. Offers notable expertise in the energy, rail and industrial sectors. Able to assist clients with preparing comments for federal and state rulemaking proceedings.
Work Highlights
- Phelps Dunbar LLP defended a Louisiana suit filed against AECOM Technical Services and other parties alleging that contractors implementing a PCB remediation plan at a site in Texas suffered injury from exposure to PCBs.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm delivers great client service."
"The firm's attorneys are practical, timely and detail-oriented."
"The firm delivers great client service."
"The firm's attorneys are practical, timely and detail-oriented."
Notable Practitioners
Alan Harrell's practice covers litigation relating to permit violations, class actions and toxic torts, as well as regulatory matters.
"Alan is bright, diligent and practical. He is a pleasure to have as trusted counsel."
"His expertise and knowledge of the issues and the players optimizes chance of favorable results."
Steve Levine has a strong environmental litigation practice. His experience includes toxic tort disputes relating to water contamination as well as appellate cases.
"He is a good lawyer."
David Topping is noted for his broad-based environment expertise in transactional, litigation and regulatory matters.
"David is great."