Environment

About

Provided by Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP

​Brooks Pierce attorneys have extensive experience representing companies and local governments regarding virtually all types of environmental issues relating to regulatory compliance, permitting, litigation and transactional matters.  Our team includes seasoned litigators, attorneys with scientific and engineering backgrounds, and former regulators with the North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources.  

​Regulatory Counsel and Litigation

Our attorneys are equipped to handle a wide range of environmental matters, including

• Environmental compliance, audits and investigations
• Defense against violations, fines and penalties
• Air pollution claims
• Underground storage tanks
• Groundwater contamination
• Water, air, and waste permitting and compliance
• Defense of obtained environmental permits
• Purchase, sale and development of real estate and contaminated properties
• Coastal permitting (development, beach renourishment, erosion structures)
• CERCLA litigation
• Health and safety claims (OSHA)

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