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Maynard Nexsen

Environment

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Maynard Nexsen

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Environment - South Carolina

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Maynard Nexsen offers clients a preeminent South Carolina environmental law team, fielding a formidable bench of attorneys who offer deep expertise in the area. The firm continues to provide various major clients with top-notch representation across matters such as regulatory compliance and enforcement, as well as permitting and transactions. It can advise on a wide range of environmental concerns, including air and water quality and the management of hazardous waste. The group also represents clients in toxic torts and other environmental litigation.

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Work Highlights

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  • Maynard Nexsen represented the WestEdge Foundation in state litigation challenging permitting, related to a significant development in Charleston, South Carolina, addressing issues of sunny-day flooding, with associated contamination concerns.

Strengths

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  • The firm worked well as a team and provided great communication throughout the process.

    Environment respondentUSA

  • Maynard's expertise is difficult to top, it has experts available in many different subject matters related to environmental regulations and occupational safety.

    Environment respondentUSA

  • Maynard stands out for its expertise, for its contacts in the environmental and governmental areas here and the team's excellent writing ability. It is able to work with scientific data and distill it into simple forms.

    Environment respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • W Thomas Lavender Jr
    W Thomas Lavender Jr

    W Thomas Lavender Jr

    Thomas Lavender has extensive experience in handling environmental permitting and regulatory matters for clients in the manufacturing, waste management and real estate sectors, among others.

    • Tommy provided significant assistance for my case and was very helpful for resolving the matter.

      Environment respondentUSA

    • Tommy is an excellent resource for environmental issues, especially in the state of South Carolina.

      Environment respondentUSA
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  • Mary Shahid
    Mary Shahid

    Mary Shahid

    Mary Shahid specializes in issues related to coastal property as well as water permitting concerns and has significant experience in handling administrative appeals.

    • Mary is always very responsive and keeps matters moving. She was also quick to bring others in to assist when needed.

      Environment respondentUSA

    • Mary is an excellent attorney that can help navigate difficult situations for her clients.

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  • Joan Hartley
    Joan Hartley

    Joan Hartley

    Joan Hartley adroitly assists clients with a broad array of environmental matters, providing regulatory and permitting advice as well as handling compliance issues.

    • I would say Joan is easy to work with and very fast at grasping complicated issues.

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  • Michael Traynham
    Michael Traynham

    Michael Traynham

    Michael Traynham is well-versed in handling environmental regulatory and permitting matters. He assists public entities, as well as private companies.

    • Michael provides a high level of service with the ability to anticipate business impacts.

      Environment respondentUSA
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