N. Tobias Smith

Tobias Smith represents clients in environmental matters, with an emphasis on compliance counseling and litigation in state and federal courts.

Tobias routinely handles complex litigation matters alleging breach of contract, indemnity disputes, property damage claims, and toxic tort cases arising from exposure to various hazardous substances and petroleum constituents. Tobias frequently defends clients in civil enforcement actions brought by state and local environmental agencies and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In addition, Tobias regularly represents individual clients named as Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) at state and federal Superfund sites and has also served as common counsel for PRP groups.

Tobias also provides counseling to clients on a wide variety of environmental and real estate matters, including underground storage tank (UST) regulations, property remediation, negotiation of property access agreements and other environmental regulatory compliance issues. In addition, Tobias has conducted extensive environmental due diligence for clients in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and real estate transactions.