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Patrick W. Dennis

213 229 7567 pdennis@gibsondunn.com View profile

Work Department

Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Practice Group

Position

Pat represents clients in environmental litigation, toxic tort lawsuits, public and private enforcement actions, private party clean-up cost recovery, diligence/transactional matters with environmental liabilities, and complex permit/entitlement projects. He has extensive experience with all federal and state agencies for air quality, hazardous waste, and water quality. Represents buyers and sellers of major industrial facilities worldwide and contaminated real estate for redevelopment. He has served as lead litigation counsel for numerous clean-up cost recovery, toxic tort, enforcement and Superfund matters, including natural resource damage actions brought by the US.

Career

Memberships

California Bar

Education

He received a B.S. (Civil Engineering – 1976); M.S. (Mechanical Engineering – 1978); and a J.D./MBA (1982), all from the University of California, Los Angeles.  Mr. Dennis has practiced exclusively in the environmental law area since graduating from law school.