Environmental Litigation

Foley’s environmental litigation attorneys combine deep backgrounds in environmental sciences and complex environmental regulatory frameworks with practical experience in negotiation and trial advocacy skills. We provide creative solutions to address your environmental litigation needs. Our team includes trail-tested litigators with diverse industry experience, including former in-house counsel for major chemical and energy companies. This insight allows us to tailor strategies that align with your business goals and risk profile.

We work closely with clients to design practical, cost-effective approaches that aim to resolve disputes early. However, when litigation becomes necessary, we bring decades of experience before regulatory agencies and in federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

Our record of success with litigation of disputes relating to environmental issues, includes experience in the following:

• Compliance and enforcement actions by federal and state regulatory agencies
• Administrative regulatory disputes and appeals
• Claims for remediation and cost recovery under CERCLA, RCRA, and other statutory schemes
• Indemnity and other contractual disputes relating to environmental matters
• Criminal and quasi-criminal enforcement proceedings
• High-stakes litigation involving alleged exposure to hazardous substances

We also collaborate with other key litigation practice groups to efficiently resolve disputes that intersect with antitrust, class action, labor and employment, intellectual property, insurance, and government enforcement.