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Kean Miller

Environment

USA Guide 2026 : Louisiana


Kean Miller

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Kean Miller represents local, national, and international companies in a wide range of environmental litigation in Louisiana and across the South. We frequently develop creative strategies for our clients in complex environmental matters.

Our go-to trial teams defend the energy, petrochemical, and manufacturing sectors against lawsuits in state, federal, and appellate courts involving environmental allegations. We have extensive experience with a wide variety of environmental litigation matters and oversee numerous dockets and individual cases involving climate change, coastal zone management, wetland/land loss, legacy sites, oil spills, pipeline ruptures, NORM exposure, groundwater and soil contamination, air pollution, CERCLA, and additional environmental incidental occurrences. Our team also helps manage regulatory enforcement actions, permitting and compliance disputes, land use conflicts, and remediation demands.

We work closely with in-house counsel and business executives to develop strategies and goals that encompass their priorities and employ sophisticated tools, experts, and techniques to manage risk and drive successful outcomes. Our teams are well versed in managing complex matters involving massive amounts of electronically stored information, historical documents, expert testimonies, and multiple parties.

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Environment - Louisiana

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For

Kean Miller has an esteemed group of environment attorneys, with expertise across litigation and regulatory issues. The firm offers notable strengths in waste remediation, environmental permitting, Superfund issues and defending enforcement actions. It works for an enviable list of clients, remaining a popular choice for entities in the energy and natural-resources sector. Kean Miller demonstrates notable capabilities in environmental due diligence for M&A.

Work Highlights

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  • Kean Miller represents Venture Global in their final investment decision and closing of the $15.1 billion project financing for Phase 1 of the CP2 LNG and associated CP Express Pipeline.

Strengths

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  • The team has very good trial lawyers. Kean Miller works with a wide variety of folks; it has a very important role in the jurisprudence of this state and a huge presence in Louisiana.

    Environment respondentUSA
  • I am impressed by the depth Kean Miller brings to the table. And it does as good a job with training its younger lawyers.

    Environment respondentUSA
  • It is strong in all aspects of litigation from trial to appeals. The team is highly skilled at working with expert witnesses as well.

    Environment respondentUSA
  • The team has someone for every issue and its lawyers are always practical and rapid. It has a very consistent firm personality.

    Environment respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • Senior StatespeopleLeonard L Kilgore III
    Senior StatespeopleLeonard L Kilgore III

    Leonard L Kilgore III

    Leonard Kilgore has a solid reputation for his environmental litigation practice. He offers deep experience representing his clients in toxic tort and class action cases.
    • He's very knowledgeable.

      Environment respondentUSA
  • Band 2Pamela Mascari
    Band 2Pamela Mascari

    Pamela Mascari

    Pamela Mascari represents clients in the chemical, energy and manufacturing industries in both contentious and regulatory matters. Her experience includes handling a variety of environmental litigation cases, including in federal court.
    • She presented in trial and was very good and read the room right.

      Environment respondentUSA
    • Pam is a strong all-around lawyer who not only has outstanding advocacy skills but knows how to run complex cases in an efficient and effective manner.

      Environment respondentUSA
    • Pamela is absolutely terrific.

      Environment respondentUSA
  • Band 3Lauren J Rucinski
    Band 3Lauren J Rucinski

    Lauren J Rucinski

    Lauren Rucinski is an environmental attorney who supports her clients on matters such as permitting, compliance, enforcement and litigation.

    • Lauren is energetic, knowledgeable and prompt.

      Environment respondentUSA
    • She's a fine attorney.

      Environment respondentUSA
    • Lauren has a great technical background.

      Environment respondentUSA
  • Band 3Michael R Phillips
    Band 3Michael R Phillips

    Michael R Phillips

    Michael R Phillips leads Kean Miller's Energy and Environmental Litigation group. He regularly handles class actions, single and multi plaintiff claims and multi-district litigations most notably in the energy sector. Michael represents a range of clients including private businesses, Fortune 500 companies as well as individuals.

    • Michael is very effective in cross-examination, he's a very hard worker with excellent judgment.

      Environment respondentUSA
    • Michael R Phillips is a highly experienced and skillful trial lawyer.

      Environment respondentUSA
    • Michael Phillips - he's an excellent trial lawyer and I have nothing but praise for him. He's extremely steady and excellent in a courtroom.

      Environment respondentUSA
  • Band 3Richard McConnell
    Band 3Richard McConnell

    Richard McConnell

    Richard McConnell is an experienced litigator and counsel for businesses undergoing state and federal court cases. Richard acts for clients throughout every stage of dispute resolution and is not afraid to take the case to trial and appeal.

    • Richard is an excellent trial lawyer. He is smart, aggressive, and is great at distilling complex issues into clear and easy-to-understand points.

      Environment respondentUSA
    • He's a good lawyer, he's smart and collegial.

      Environment respondentUSA

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