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Jones Walker LLP

Environment: Litigation

USA Guide 2026 : Louisiana


Jones Walker LLP

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Jones Walker LLP offers a full range of environmental counseling and litigation services, as well as sophisticated and experienced toxic tort defense. To serve your needs, Jones Walker has assembled a highly experienced team of attorneys with a broad spectrum of experience who can handle any issue involving the environment that your business may face. Members of the group have backgrounds in engineering, environmental management systems, architecture, urban and regional planning, and industrial management, and have served as federal prosecutors, agency regulators, military officers, in-house counsel, and law professors. Our diverse depth of talent and experience allows us to help clients find cost-effective solutions when facing complex and potentially costly environmental and toxic exposure matters.

For many years, we have successfully defended property owners, employers, refineries, waste disposal facilities, railroads, and other businesses and their employees against a wide variety of claims.

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What the Team is Known For

Jones Walker LLP remains a go-to choice for oil and gas entities facing environmental law disputes and regulatory issues, including clean air, clean water, Superfund and state-specific environmental programs. The firm also offers transactional expertise, advising clients on environmental issues resulting from the sale, purchase and development of commercial and industrial facilities. Its broad client-base spans property owners, medical centers and energy and waste disposal facilities. The firm is increasingly noted for representation of industrial facilities.

Work Highlights

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  • Jones Walker is defending General Electric Company in multiple lawsuits relating to TCE groundwater contamination and vapor intrusion allegedly linked to an historic valve manufacturing facility.

Strengths

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  • The firm is extremely responsive.

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  • Jones Walker has excellent lawyers.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Robert E Holden
    Band 1Robert E Holden

    Robert E Holden

    Robert Holden expertly handles compliance and enforcement issues for a range of clients including manufacturing and waste plants.
    • He has good insights and provides good legal advice to us.

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    • He is a legend of environment law.

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    • Robert Holden is among the finest environment lawyers in the state and nation.

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  • Band 2Meghan Smith
    Band 2Meghan Smith

    Meghan Smith

    Meghan Smith works with clients on environmental regulation and litigation involving a range of issues. She advises on environmental liability, site contamination and remediation issues, among others.

  • Band 3Alex Prochaska
    Band 3Alex Prochaska

    Alex Prochaska

    Alex Prochaska provides a range of regulatory advice in relation to energy and chemical plants as well as storage and solid waste facilities. He has additional experience assisting with a range of complex environmental litigation.

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