Environment

Our environmental practice offers broad state, regional and national experience to large corporations, small businesses, real estate development interests and local governments. We provide a full range of legal services in the environmental area, including representation in regulatory affairs, permitting, compliance with federal and state law (and related enforcement actions), commercial and corporate transactions, legislative initiatives and litigation. Our attorneys have long-term working relationships with both federal and state regulatory and enforcement officials and have participated in the development of many aspects of various environmental regulatory programs. Our deep experience enables us to provide invaluable insight to clients and develop innovative solutions to complex environmental problems.

Vorys also represents clients in courts and administrative agencies in both civil and criminal environmental proceedings across the nation.  Our attorneys defend clients in actions involving personal injury, property damage and cost recovery arising from alleged exposure to hazardous, radioactive, and/or toxic substances from Superfund sites, landfills, manufacturing plants and governmental facilities. Often, such actions are brought as class actions, and our firm has extensive experience in addressing the unique procedural, factual, and legal issues that arise in putative class action cases