Band 3
Provided by Priscilla Hampton
Environment, Energy & Resources
Environmental Litigation
Real Estate & Land Use
Land Development
Mining
Financial Services & Investments
Food & Beverage
Real Estate
Environmental and natural resources lawyer Polly Hampton focuses on contaminated site cleanups, brownfield redevelopment, and environmental risk management in mergers and acquisitions. She counsels a range of businesses—from mining, manufacturing, and energy to real estate and project developers—on remediation, permitting, compliance, and enforcement matters under federal and state environmental laws.
Polly addresses the "dirty dirt" aspect of deals and projects, counseling on the identification, management, and cleanup of hazardous substances and allocation of related liability. She represents clients in defense of agency enforcement and cleanup actions at the federal and state levels, and she has achieved favorable outcomes for clients with alleged natural resource damages liability. She also oversees internal environmental compliance audits both in the regular course of business and as part of transaction-related environmental due diligence, working with businesses to identify and correct potential deficiencies before and after closing.
Polly provides pragmatic solutions reflective of her clients' risk tolerance, and project developers appreciate her deft approach to tackling environmental issues that can derail or facilitate a development project or corporate deal. She routinely counsels manufacturing facilities, energy infrastructure companies, and natural resource developers on various issues involving hazardous substance releases, management of hazardous and solid waste, industrial wastewater and stormwater management, and air emissions. Notable client engagements include managing the environmental aspects of decommissioning a major steel foundry, due diligence in redeveloping a former coal-fired power plant for a battery energy storage system, and assisting clients on regulatory compliance related to emerging contaminants, fugitive dust, and Bevill-exempt waste.
A veteran and former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer, Polly helped to found Women in Environment, an organization furthering professional development and opportunities for women in the environmental field.
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