Gary Pasheilich

Practice Areas

Gary is a shareholder in the firm’s Environmental Law & Regulation Group and has practiced environmental law since 2006. His practice covers the full range of environmental compliance and permitting matters, as well as civil and administrative litigation under major federal and state environmental, health, and safety laws. This includes the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA, and OSHA standards.

In addition to his litigation and compliance work, Gary devotes a significant portion of his practice to counseling clients on environmental due diligence in connection with commercial real estate transactions, tax credit projects, investments, and mergers and acquisitions. He is valued for helping clients anticipate, evaluate, and mitigate potential environmental liabilities in complex deals.

Professional Memberships

- Columbus Bar Association, Chair of Environmental Law Committee (Current)

- Ohio State Bar Association, Member;

- Former Co-Chair of Planning Committee for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Seminar (2016)

- American Bar Association, Past Vice-Chair of Programming, Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, and Past Vice-Chair of SEER Litigation Committee

- Pro bono representation through Legal Aid Society Pro Bono Program

- NAIOP of Ohio, Board Member

- NAIOP of Ohio, Environmental Committee Chair

- Ohio Manufacturing Association, Environmental Committee Member

Experience

-Trial counsel for owner of commercial warehouses in nuisance action relating to facility emissions from neighboring facility

-Defense counsel for paper manufacturer in multi-party litigation under CERCLA and the Ohio VAP

-Counsel for defense contractor in multi-party CERCLA enforcement case relating to legacy automotive products manufacturing site

-Defense counsel for magnetics manufacturing facility in groundwater contamination enforcement case in Illinois

-Assisted electronics manufacturer with negotiation of Consent Decree with U.S. EPA to resolve groundwater contamination liabilities

-Provided environmental due diligence expertise for several complex M&A transactions relating to waste management facilities, including transfer of landfills, transfer stations and recycling facilities located across the East Coast and Midwest

-Advise lenders with the environmental due diligence review of multi-family and affordable housing development projects (in the order of over 100 per year), including key advice relating to the Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser defense to owner/operator liability under CERCLA

-Assisted chemical company with defense to federal enforcement action related to flaring and leak detection and repair (LDAR) requirements, and separate action against a contractor for failure to perform contracted LDAR services at its facility

-Assisted chemical company with challenge to a competitor company’s variance from RCRA Part B permit requirements

-Assisted mining client with appeal of effluent limitations in Clean Water Act NPDES permits

-Assisted pipeline company with the siting of an inter-state liquid ethane pipeline project before the Ohio Power Siting Board, resulting in the avoidance of formal Board proceedings

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