Alston & Bird LLP, Environment | Chambers USA Profile

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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 include Superfund cases, enforcement actions and civil suits related to the CAA and the CWA. Fields a number of attorneys who have previously held senior experience of state and federal environmental agencies.

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Work Highlights

Alston and Bird successfully represented Chevron U.S.A. in a challenge to a countywide ballot initiative that would have immediately prohibited well stimulation and shut down operations at one of the largest oil fields in California.

Strengths

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They have an extremely deep bench of attorneys.

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The team has deep bench strength with a wide variety of individual skill sets to draw from. They also have superb organizational and personnel management skills.

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They are proactive, strategic and have command of the law. They achieve client goals in a cost-effective manner.

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They have an extremely deep bench of attorneys.

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The team has deep bench strength with a wide variety of individual skill sets to draw from. They also have superb organizational and personnel management skills.

Environment respondent
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They are proactive, strategic and have command of the law. They achieve client goals in a cost-effective manner.

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Notable Practitioners

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Jeffrey D Dintzer

Band 1

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.

He is an outstanding strategic thinker.

His forte is legal analysis and legal argument, especially in the courtroom - he's thoughtful and innovative.

Jeffrey is brilliant, he's super assertive when he has to be and he can be conciliatory; the perfect combination.

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Greg A Christianson

Band 3

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.

He is very good and produces very well-researched briefs. He is formidable.

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Edward J Casey

Band 4

Edward Casey has especially strong expertise in entitlement work including CEQA litigation. He is particularly noted for his representation of real estate developers active in the Los Angeles area.

He has sophistication and strategy in both transactional and litigation matters, while also recognizing commercial realities.

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