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Environmental Law
Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP's environmental practice group developed from its government contracts and construction law practices, and has expanded to provide quality legal services to a multitude of construction companies, property owners, and industrial and manufacturing concerns faced with a diverse array of environmental problems and liabilities. Environmental services range from assistance during the pre-acquisition phase of property transactions, to the prosecution or defense of environmental indemnification or cost recovery actions, to structuring effective responses to Superfund and other environmental enforcement actions.
The environmental practice group regularly provides advice and assistance on environmental matters to public and private owners, manufacturers, transporters, and many other consulting, construction, and industrial concerns. Many environmental clients are actively involved in the environmental construction and environmental consulting fields and working on Superfund clean-ups, asbestos abatement projects and numerous other remediation projects. Advice and consultation are available to help all environmental clients stay abreast of, and in compliance with, the seemingly never ending maze of environmental regulations, programs, permits and other controls affecting clients' day-to-day operations and their ability to make a profit.
Legal representation can be provided to assist with a wide spectrum of problems, including:
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In order to stay informed of changes in this rapidly evolving field of law, the firm's attorneys are continually updating their knowledge of applicable environmental statutes, regulations and case law. The attorneys in the environmental practice group are regularly called upon to lecture, speak and teach on a wide range of environmental topics. The experienced, knowledgeable professionals in Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP's environmental practice group have the background, experience, and ability to provide the firm's clients with sound, practical advice on the many environmental statutes, regulations and problems currently facing them.
Articles
- February 2008, Construction Briefings, Thomson West
- Winter 2008, Common Sense Contracting, Volume 21, Number 4