
Arata E. Kaku-McGowan
Associate
Arata Kaku-McGowan is an associate in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group, where he has helped handle complex cases ranging from antitrust and consumer class actions to FCRA cases, contract disputes, and insurance and reinsurance cases. As a secondary member of the Environmental Group, Arata also has assisted clients with a breadth of environmental issues from cradle to grave: analyzing emissions compliance issues for product development; supporting permit application for energy projects; contending against unrelenting environmental NGOs and landowners in administrative proceedings related to factories, solar and natural gas power plants, and pipeline infrastructure; defending Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements; and litigating RCRA and CERCLA issues.

U.S. EPA Finalizes Designation of Two PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That “Pure Omissions” Are Not Actionable Under Rule 10b-5

Acetaminophen MDL: Judge Excludes All of Plaintiffs’ Causation Experts Pursuant to Newly-Amended FRE Rule 702
