With a nationwide presence, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP has developed a wide environmental practice, including enforcement, investigations, natural resource permitting, development projects, contaminated sites, and contaminants. James Dragna and John McGahren lead the team from Los Angeles and Princeton respectively, with the former frequently instructed by clients from the energy, aerospace, and manufacturing on environmental crises and enforcement and the latter fielding considerable expertise on natural resource damage claims and Superfund matters. The West Coast practice includes Los Angeles-based Rick Rothman , who is sought out by energy, manufacturing, and consumer clients on air and water quality, hazardous substances, and climate change mandates, San Francisco’s Ella Foley Gannon who focuses her practice on natural resource permitting and land use entitlements, and Los Angeles-lawyer David Brown, an expert on air quality, water quality, hazardous substances, and climate change matters. Splitting her practice between Princeton and New York, Stephanie Feingold aids clients on contaminated sites and matters involving drinking water contamination.
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Key clients
- Celanese Corporation and affiliates
- Crown Central LLC
- Verizon Communications Inc. and GTE Operations Support Incorporated, GTE Sylvania Incorporated and Sylvania Electric Products Inc.
- Philips North America LLC
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Essity Professional Hygiene North America LLC
- SL Industries, Inc.
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
- Yuasa Battery, Inc.
Work highlights
- Represents Celanese and its affiliates in proceedings related to the clean-up of the Lower Passaic River, which is listed on the US EPA Administrator’s list of Superfund Sites Targeted for Immediate, Intense Action.
- Serves as national counsel for Crown in defending it against Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) claims.
- Represents Verizon in connection with three actions in the Eastern District of New York. In 101 Frost Street Associates L.P v. United States Department of Energy, plaintiffs filed suit under CERCLA seeking cost recovery and contribution against the GTE Sylvania Defendants and other parties related to alleged groundwater contamination at the New Cassel/Hicksville Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site.
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John McGahren; David Schrader; Wendy West Feinstein; Randall Levine
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Rick Rothman; Ella Foley Gannon; Stephanie Feingold; David Brown