• Defense of class action brought under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
  • Successfully defended $100 million CERCLA contribution action.
  • Counseled clients receiving CERCLA investigation notices, threats of unilateral administrative orders (UAOs) and potentially responsible party (PRP) contribution demands.
  • Lead counsel for $150 million private environmental damage reallocation arbitration.
  • Successfully brought diminution in value suit based on sub-surface contamination from leaking underground storage tank (LUST) site.
  • Successfully defeated multiple diminution in value suits based on sub-surface contamination from leaking underground storage tank (LUST) site.
  • Counseled several large retail clients concerning cease and desist, notice of violation and state enforcement proceedings arising from alleged violation of asbestos National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) regulations.
  • Served as national environmental counsel for international company. Coordinated emergency response for environmental issues across 49 states. Handled notice of violation (NOV) response and environmental enforcement proceedings before state departments of natural resources and U.S. EPA.
  • Successfully defended multiple clients receiving Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) notice of violations and facing judicial enforcement.
  • Successfully defended class action suit based on alleged violations of the Clean Water Act.
  • Defeated claim by former owner in multi-million-dollar shareholder dispute.
  • Successfully prosecuted multi-million-dollar commercial breach of contract dispute concerning use, licensing and intellectual property.
  • Secured insurance coverage from multiple commercial insurers under employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) and directors & officers (D&O) policies.
  • Secured insurance coverage for commercial transportation company facing claim denial.
  • Secured favorable jury verdict in warehouse and logistics dispute.
  • Successfully defended before a jury allegations of fraudulent conduct under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.
  • Successfully prosecuted and defended suits for partition of commercial, recreational and industrial properties.
  • Successfully defeated suits involving adverse possession and boundary line disputes between adjoining farmland owners.
  • Successfully tried to a jury a dispute among neighboring property owners over water rights, erosion, trespass and nuisance.
  • Successfully litigated office, industrial and commercial real property tax appeals.
  • Successfully litigated commercial personal property ad valorem tax appeal for a large regional retail corporation.
  • Successfully represented a university facing NCAA investigation.
  • Obtained trial verdict for a university in real estate boundary, permissible use and alleged waste to property matter.

Experience

  • Defense of class action brought under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
  • Successfully defended $100 million CERCLA contribution action.
  • Counseled clients receiving CERCLA investigation notices, threats of unilateral administrative orders (UAOs) and potentially responsible party (PRP) contribution demands.
  • Lead counsel for $150 million private environmental damage reallocation arbitration.
  • Successfully brought diminution in value suit based on sub-surface contamination from leaking underground storage tank (LUST) site.
  • Successfully defeated multiple diminution in value suits based on sub-surface contamination from leaking underground storage tank (LUST) site.
  • Counseled several large retail clients concerning cease and desist, notice of violation and state enforcement proceedings arising from alleged violation of asbestos National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) regulations.
  • Served as national environmental counsel for international company. Coordinated emergency response for environmental issues across 49 states. Handled notice of violation (NOV) response and environmental enforcement proceedings before state departments of natural resources and U.S. EPA.
  • Successfully defended multiple clients receiving Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) notice of violations and facing judicial enforcement.
  • Successfully defended class action suit based on alleged violations of the Clean Water Act.
  • Defeated claim by former owner in multi-million-dollar shareholder dispute.
  • Successfully prosecuted multi-million-dollar commercial breach of contract dispute concerning use, licensing and intellectual property.
  • Secured insurance coverage from multiple commercial insurers under employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) and directors & officers (D&O) policies.
  • Secured insurance coverage for commercial transportation company facing claim denial.
  • Secured favorable jury verdict in warehouse and logistics dispute.
  • Successfully defended before a jury allegations of fraudulent conduct under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.
  • Successfully prosecuted and defended suits for partition of commercial, recreational and industrial properties.
  • Successfully defeated suits involving adverse possession and boundary line disputes between adjoining farmland owners.
  • Successfully tried to a jury a dispute among neighboring property owners over water rights, erosion, trespass and nuisance.
  • Successfully litigated office, industrial and commercial real property tax appeals.
  • Successfully litigated commercial personal property ad valorem tax appeal for a large regional retail corporation.
  • Successfully represented a university facing NCAA investigation.
  • Obtained trial verdict for a university in real estate boundary, permissible use and alleged waste to property matter.