Lori Mills
USA Guide 2024
Band 2 : Environment
Band 2
About
Provided by Lori Mills
Practice Areas
Ms. Mills handles complex, multiparty environmental litigation and also advises clients with respect to the environmental implications of real estate and corporate transactions. She has extensive experience in environmental compliance and enforcement actions; soil, groundwater and sediment contamination matters; industrial site remediation; Superfund compliance and cost recovery; private party cost recovery contribution and allocation proceedings; land purchase and brownfields development; and natural resource damages. Ms. Mills’ environmental litigation experience includes cost recovery under various state statutes, allocation proceedings and toxic tort litigation. She also participates in strategic planning to manage high-profile environmental cases.
Career
Duane Morris LLP: Partner, 2017-present; Drinker Biddle & Reath: Partner, 1995-2017; Cohen, Shapiro, Polisher, Sheikman & Cohen: Associate, 1989-1995; State of New Jersey, Superior Court: Law Clerk, 1988-1989
Professional Memberships
New Jersey Bar Association; Princeton Bar Association; American Bar Association; Chemical Council of New Jersey.
Personal
Rutgers School of Law - Camden, J.D., with honors, 1988; Temple University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1985
Chambers Review
USA
Lori Mills assists corporations with site remediation and investigations, as well as providing regulatory compliance advice.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lori is the ultimate problem solver, with a very broad understanding of environmental law. She is a diamond."
"She understands what needs to be accomplished and focuses on the finish line and how to get us there."
"Lori is the ultimate problem solver, with a very broad understanding of environmental law. She is a diamond."
"She understands what needs to be accomplished and focuses on the finish line and how to get us there."