As environmental regulatory programs have evolved to affect nearly every aspect of modern manufacturing and public utility service, the lawyers at Montgomery McCracken have kept pace and expanded their depth of knowledge to include virtually all state and federal environmental laws.
The Firm has significant experience in assisting clients with the redevelopment of former industrial facilities or brownfields into productive new uses. Our environmental practice group has assisted clients with conversion of closed or closing manufacturing facilities and abandoned brownfields into new manufacturing facilities, power plants, baseball stadiums, and golf courses.
The Firm has considerable experience in Superfund litigation, which accounts for a significant portion of our litigation caseload. Additionally we have been involved in cost allocation proceedings and negotiations, RCRA and UST-related corrective actions, private contribution and cost recovery actions under federal and state environmental laws and their common law equivalents, defense of civil penalty actions and citizens suits, and state and federal release reporting requirements.
Today, many corporate acquisitions and divestitures, as well as real estate transactions have environmental law implications. At Montgomery McCracken, our attorneys work closely with clients in deciding whether to conduct an environmental audit, define the scope of audits, select audit consultants and review audit reports. We have served major lending institutions in structuring and drafting financing and loan documents to address existing or potential environmental contingencies.
Our lawyers are in regular communication with EPA offices in Washington, New York, and Philadelphia, and with the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Departments of Environmental Protection regarding enforcement, administrative and regulatory issues. At Montgomery McCracken we are committed to providing practical, multidisciplinary solutions to the environmental issues that arise in business transactions. With countless resources and experienced personnel, we are able to advise our clients in the technical and legal areas that comprise the field of environmental law. In this way, we are successful in assisting clients avoid environmental liabilities as a first matter, or to manage those liabilities where they are known to exist.
Representative engagements will be provided on request.