About

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Our environmental lawyers handle toxic tort and environmental litigation, serving as lead or local counsel and coordinating cases nationwide. The team also advises on regulatory compliance and conducts environmental due diligence for corporate and real estate transactions. We have extensive experience in substantive areas of importance to toxic tort litigation, such as toxicology, epidemiology, chemical fate and transport, and modeling. They have represented clients in cases involving chemicals and environmental agents, including emerging contaminants, environmental emergencies, and multi-jurisdictional litigation.

Toxic Tort Litigation: We defend cases involving chemical and environmental exposure, addressing claims of personal injury, medical monitoring, property damage, and fear of future illness.

Environmental Litigation: We represent clients in federal and state civil and criminal actions, citizen suits, and private cost recovery disputes, including corporate litigation over contractual and statutory claims. Our experience includes hazardous substance regulation, air and groundwater modeling, and administrative proceedings.

Environmental Regulatory: We assist clients in navigating federal, state, and local environmental regulations, drawing on decades of experience with the DOJ, EPA, and state agencies.

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Environment - North Carolina

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What the Team is Known For

Womble Bond Dickinson has a go-to environmental litigation practice, with extensive toxic tort expertise and notable experience in high-stakes mass tort actions on a local and a nationwide scale. The firm is also active in regulatory compliance, regularly conducting environmental due diligence in connection with corporate and real estate transactions.

Work Highlights

  • Womble Bond Dickinson served as environmental counsel to Madison Industries in connection to its acquisition of CAE healthcare.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Bradford A De Vore
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Bradford A De Vore
Head of Environment
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Bradford De Vore is noted for his broad experience in toxic tort and environmental litigation, and is frequently involved in high-stakes environmental contamination disputes.

Bradford De Vore is a very experienced litigator. He manages his cases and his clients well.

Bradford is an excellent lawyer and a trusted adviser on environmental matters.

Lisa K Rushton
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Lisa K Rushton
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Lisa Rushton is recognized for her notable expertise on environmental due diligence pertaining to real estate and corporate transactions. She also counsels on wastewater and development projects.

She can evaluate the facts and the law and develop proactive solutions to be implemented on a fast timeline.

Susan Cooper
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Susan Cooper
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Susan Cooper maintains a sophisticated practice specializing in brownfields redevelopment, environmental due diligence and regulatory compliance.

Susan Cooper has an excellent knowledge of state and federal law and is proactive in resolving issues.

Susan is really practical and thorough. She has a great depth of knowledge.

Susan Cooper is incredibly responsive, smart and practical in her approach.

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North Carolina

Environment

Bradford A De Vore
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Bradford A De Vore
Head of Environment
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Band 2
Lisa K Rushton
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Lisa K Rushton
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Band 2
Susan Cooper
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Susan Cooper
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Band 3

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