Environment

Shook lawyers have successfully handled environmental and toxic tort cases in state and federal courts and administrative tribunals across the nation. They have managed private cost recovery actions under CERCLA; civil and environmental actions instituted by government agencies; private party environmental litigation; and settlements in complex multiparty cases. When appropriate, Shook has also used the firm’s mediators and arbitrators to resolve public and private environmental disputes involving multiple parties. Shook clients include those in the chemical, petroleum, utility, agricultural, food, airline, automotive, mining, cement, shipping, pharmaceutical, ethanol, and paper industries. 

Shook lawyers have successfully litigated, arbitrated, negotiated or resolved compliance issues involving a host of substances and alleged exposures. Shook’s environmental counseling embraces this experience, looking beyond immediate regulatory hurdles and considering the toxic tort implications of our clients’ activities and regulatory strategies at a site.