Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., a specialist environmental law firm, handles significant U.S. environmental cases, with a distinguished team – including former DOJ, EPA, and state agency professionals. The firm has a strong record on critical issues like climate change, PFAS, and sustainability. Recent hires, including Louis Manzo – from the U.S Department of Justice, Taylor Ferrell – from the US Department of Defense, and Amber Ahmed – from the Texas Office of the Attorney General, enhance the firm’s national litigation strength. John Cruden, a former Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ’s Environmental Division, leads high-profile cases as co-chair of the litigation group. Maddie Boyer, a founder of the firm’s Austin office and Latin American group, brings deep experience advising multinational clients on environmental matters, specializing in air permitting and litigation for the chemical and petroleum sectors. Daniel Krainin is a seasoned environmental litigator specializing in toxic tort and product liability cases. Also key are Parker Moore and Katrina Krebs, who advise on NEPA and Wetlands regulation – as well as many other areas.
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Key clients
- American Petroleum Institute
- BASF Corporation
- Bayer Cropscience
- City of Los Angeles
- City of San Francisco
- Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Textron
- United Airlines
- Walmart
- Waste Connections
Work highlights
- Representing Waste Connections, Inc., and certain subsidiaries in four putative class action lawsuits and 11 mass tort actions filed on behalf of 800 individual plaintiffs.
- Representing Clarios, the world’s largest producer of lead-acid batteries for automobiles in federal CERCLA litigation at the most high-profile environmental justice site in California.
Lawyers
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Leading associates
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Parker Moore
Katrina Krebs
Practice head
John Cruden; Dan Krainin; Maddie Boyer
Other key lawyers
Louis Manzo; Amber Ahmed; Taylor Ferrell; Parker Moore; Katrina Krebs