About

Provided by Kean Miller LLP

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 Our teams are well versed in managing complex matters involving massive amounts of electronically stored information, historical documents, expert testimonies, and multiple parties.

Chambers Review

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Environment - Louisiana

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Kean Miller LLP 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.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Leonard L Kilgore III
S
Leonard L Kilgore III
S
Senior Statespeople
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.
Pamela Mascari
2
Pamela Mascari
2
Band 2
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.

I can't say enough nice things about her. She is fantastic and is even-keeled.

Pamela is a high-quality lawyer who is extremely knowledgeable and well prepared.

Pam is excellent. She tireless, hard-working and smart.

Lauren J Rucinski
U
Lauren J Rucinski
U
Up and Coming

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

A very solid, business-like attorney.

Ranked Lawyers at
Kean Miller LLP

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Louisiana

Environment

Leonard L Kilgore III
S
Leonard L Kilgore III
S
Senior Statespeople
Lauren J Rucinski
U
Lauren J Rucinski
U
Up and Coming
Environment: Litigation

Pamela Mascari
2
Pamela Mascari
2
Band 2