Environment

About

Provided by Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

The Sills Cummis Environmental Practice attorneys counsel clients in transactional, regulatory compliance and litigation matters involving environmental issues. They are routinely called upon in transactions involving real estate and business assets to address environmental liability and compliance issues, and have worked with clients on many of the most successful redevelopment projects in the region.

The group's familiarity with a vast array of regulatory programs and statutory mandates allows them to work through compliance issues with efficiency.

The group's lawyers have broad experience defending and prosecuting environmental cost recovery and contribution actions on behalf of corporate clients and in defending clients in enforcement actions brought by USEPA, NJDEP and other governmental entities.

The group also represents businesses seeking relief from denials of permits and approvals and from onerous permit terms.

The group's attorneys have litigated numerous cases involving claims ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars, including emerging issues in insurance coverage litigation.

Principal areas of focus:

• Transactional Environmental Issues
• Finance Environmental Issues
• Regulatory Compliance and Counseling
• Cost Recovery Litigation
• Insurance Coverage Litigation
• Remediation and Redevelopment
• Permitting
• Agency Relations (DEP & EPA)
• Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste, Air and Water Pollution
• Audits
• Penalty Proceedings
• Criminal Liability