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Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP (PSRB) is one of the leading environmental law firms in Indiana and has focused on this area since the firm opened. Our attorneys have decades of experience in front of both federal and state regulatory agencies, and our clients benefit from our knowledge of the complex history behind environmental laws. Our team includes engineers and environmental science majors that feel comfortable with industrial processes. Our technical and scientific backgrounds allow us to fully understand clients’ special needs and to creatively solve their environmental legal problems from compliance counseling to enforcement to permitting.

PSRB works with clients on a broad variety of regulation and permitting under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA), as well as the corresponding state programs implementing these federal acts. We assist clients with cleanups and responses performed under both state and federal programs. We have experience working with local governmental authorities for your environmental issues, and can assist with due diligence and compliance issues around the country. PSRB’s environmental attorneys are comfortable with both administrative and litigation within courts ensuring that your same team can handle your issues from start to finish. Finally, PSRB will help you structure your transactions to limit or control your environmental liabilities.

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What the Team is Known For

Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP demonstrates an impressive environmental practice and houses a strong bench of attorneys experienced in handling the full range of environmental matters. The firm assists clients with regulatory compliance matters and insurance recovery and cleanup, in addition to offering expertise in CERCLA cases and toxic tort defense litigation. It works with a diverse client base that includes those from the public and utilities sectors.

Work Highlights

  • Plews Shadley Racher & Braun represented City of South Bend in a environmental compliance, transactional, and litigation matter involving the redevelopment of the former Studebaker Corporation auto manufacturing plant and Oliver Plow sites and related cost recovery. 

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Amy Romig
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Amy Romig
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Amy Romig has a fine environmental practice and is active on permitting issues and enforcement actions. Her expertise covers matters pertaining to air, water and solid waste, among other issues.
George Plews
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George Plews
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George Plews is a prominent figure in the Indiana environment arena who is particularly noted for his expertise in environmental and insurance-related litigation matters.
Daniel Cory
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Daniel Cory
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Daniel Cory works on an array of environmental matters, including transactional, compliance and litigation issues.

He provides drastically greater value than he receives in payment.

Dan Cory stays on top of his work and gets good results.

Peter M Racher
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Peter M Racher
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Peter Racher covers matters such as environmental cost recovery claims, toxic torts and class actions.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Environment

Amy Romig
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Amy Romig
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Band 1
George Plews
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George Plews
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Band 1
Daniel Cory
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Daniel Cory
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Peter M Racher
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Peter M Racher
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Band 2

Members

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Ali Sylvia

Andrea Townsend

Angela Green

Bree Hall

Catherine Braun

Chris Kozak

Christine Plews

Christopher Braun

Colin Connor

Jeff Featherstun

Jeff Townsend

Joanne Sommers

John Moriarty

Jonathan Emenhiser

Kyle Steinbrueck

Mary Ann Saggese

Mia Tapella

Nick Bognanno

Ronald Walker

Sean Hirschten

Thao Nguyen

Industries

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Agribusiness

Education & Schools

Energy & Utilities

Health Care & Life Sciences

Individuals & Closely Held Businesses

Manufacturing

Municipalities & Government

Nonprofit & Religious Organizations

Petroleum Marketers

Real Estate Development & Construction

Technology

Waste Services