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Alston & Bird LLP

Environment

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Alston & Bird LLP

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Environment - California

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Alston & Bird LLP has a combined land use and environmental group that focuses on guiding clients through high-stakes trial and appellate litigation and regulatory matters, both locally and nationally. Key areas of focus for the firm include Superfund cases, enforcement actions and civil suits related to the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. The team fields a number of attorneys who have previously held senior experience of state and federal environmental agencies.

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Work Highlights

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  • Alston & Bird defended Five Point Holdings in a putative class action alleging a failure to disclose the presence of radioactive substances at a former naval shipyard that is the subject of San Francisco’s largest development project.

Strengths

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  • What makes the department standout is its intelligence, experience and deep bench strength.

    Environment respondentUSA

  • The firm has a deep bench of knowledgeable attorneys with significant litigation experience.

    Environment respondentUSA

  • Alston & Bird provides responsive and practical counsel.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Jeffrey D Dintzer
    Jeffrey D Dintzer

    Jeffrey D Dintzer

    Jeffrey Dintzer has an excellent reputation for representing oil and gas clients in environmental litigation. He has notable expertise in CEQA, toxic tort and cost recovery issues.

    • Jeffrey is a master strategist and business person.

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  • Greg A Christianson
    Greg A Christianson

    Greg A Christianson

    Greg Christianson specializes in environmental litigation. He regularly acts for clients in defending federal and state enforcement actions and has particular expertise in matters concerning Superfund sites.

    • Greg is excellent. He communicates very well.

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  • Matthew Wickersham
    Matthew Wickersham

    Matthew Wickersham

    Matthew Wickersham has a strong reputation for his representation of oil companies, with particular strength in CEQA proceedings.

    • Matthew is an outstanding attorney with great depth of knowledge in his areas of practice.

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