Todd Roessler

Practice Areas

Environment & Product Regulation

Litigation

Career

Todd Roessler focuses his practice on a wide range of matters related to environmental litigation, regulatory counseling, and transactions. Mr. Roessler has nearly 30 years of diverse environmental experience. Since 2002, Mr. Roessler has practiced environmental law and before that he was an environmental consultant and coastal geologist. In these capacities, he has represented national and international companies in the manufacturing, energy, and environmental sectors. His experience covers a broad spectrum of environmental matters, ranging from environmental permitting of large, complex industrial facilities to remediation of contaminated sites. In particular, Mr. Roessler has extensive experience in coastal law and issues and environmental and administrative litigation.

Mr. Roessler counsels clients relating to environmental aspects of a variety of transactions, including redevelopment of contaminated property, real estate development projects, asset deals, stock deals and lending transactions.

Mr. Roessler also counsels clients concerning environmental compliance matters, including determining whether the client’s operations or activities are subject to statutory and/or regulatory requirements under CERCLA, RCRA, the Clean Water Act, and Clean Air Act, as well as state law counterparts.

Mr. Roessler has represented clients in a variety of litigation matters before federal courts, state courts and administrative tribunals, including matters involving the Coastal Zone Management Act, NEPA, cost recovery and contribution claims related to Superfund sites, management of hazardous waste under RCRA, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Proposition 65).

Mr. Roessler frequently speaks at state and national conferences concerning coastal issues, including dredged material management, property rights and access issues, as well as Endangered Species Act issues.

Mr. Roessler is listed in the 2022 and the eight immediately preceding editions of Chambers USA for Environmental Law. He was named a North Carolina "Super Lawyer" for Environmental Law in 2021 and 2022 by Super Lawyers magazine.

Personal

University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., with honors; Order of the Coif (2001)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.S., Marine Sciences (1998)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S., Geology (1992)