David Erickson

Practice Areas

Environmental; Toxic Tort and Exposure Litigation; Mass Tort; Business Transactions; Nanotechnology; Class Action and Complex Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Environmental and Regulatory Counseling; Environmental Due Diligence and Transactions; OSHA; Litigation; Product Liability; Business Litigation

Career

Dave is co-chair of Shook's Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation Practice Group. He has more than 35 years of experience in litigation and environmental law. Dave has devoted much of his time almost exclusively to environmental litigation, class action and toxic tort litigation, environmental regulatory issues and environmental transactional issues. He files and defends numerous CERCLA allocation actions involving government and private parties and defends citizen suits under federal statutes such as RCRA, the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act for personal injuries, medical monitoring and property damage. Dave is listed in Lawdragon 500 Leading Environmental & Energy Lawyers, 2021.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources; American College of Environmental Lawyers, Fellow; Defense Research Institute; Environmental Law Institute; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel: Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Section; International Association of Defense Counsel

Publications

Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, Chapter 13, "Communications Methods and Skills," Association of Corporate Counsel, 2017-2018, Co-Author.

Kansas, Chapter of ABA 50-State Survey on Toxic Exposure Claims, 2016, Contributor.

For a complete list of publications, visit https://www.shb.com/professionals/e/erickson-david