David Cranston

Practice Areas

Environment; Climate Change & Sustainability; Carbon Regulation & Trading; CEQA; Climate Change Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Air Quality; Brownfields; Environmental Litigation

Career

With more than 30 years of environmental law experience, David Cranston is recognized as one of the preeminent attorneys in the field.

Dave’s broad-based experience ranges from the litigation of complex environmental disputes under CERCLA, CEQA, the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act to representation and counseling on regulatory and policy matters. Dave emphasizes the implementation of cost-effective and innovative strategies for favorable resolution of environmental disputes through alternative dispute resolution and, when necessary, litigation.

Dave is relied upon by some of the country’s largest companies to resolve environmental claims in connection with their national portfolios of contaminated properties. At numerous sites throughout the country, he has recovered the costs of environmental cleanup from the parties legally responsible for the contamination.

He has represented his clients in connection with a number of Superfund sites, including defense of U.S. EPA claims of liability and the negotiation of administrative orders, consent decrees and allocation among potentially responsible parties. Dave has served as common or lead counsel for a number of defense groups in litigated and non-litigated matters.