Key Contact

Peter W. McGaw

925.930.6600 | Walnut Creek
pmcgaw@archernorris.com

 

Attorneys

 

Fast Facts

  • Archer Norris has been actively defending a variety of insured and self-insured defendants in asbestos litigation for more than two decades. The number of cases defended to completion is well in excess of 1,000.
  • Environmental attorneys skilled at negotiating in the complex arena of state and federal environmental laws, particularly with regard to water quality and contaminants. They can, and have, litigated to the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

Environmental Law

Objective: Clearing Environmental Challenges

The diversity of our practice allows Archer Norris attorneys to act as capable advisors, solving a wide range of legal problems for our clients. The environmental law practice attorneys are skilled at negotiating virtually every aspect of the complex financial, transactional, regulatory and litigation issues involving state and federal environmental laws, including:

  • Environmental permitting and compliance
  • Environmental health hazard litigation
  • Hazardous substance remediation and liability
  • California Hazardous Substances Account (State Superfund)
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act (Federal Superfund)
  • Matters before the Regional Water Quality Control Board
  • Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 ("Proposition 65")
  • The Federal Clean Water Act
  • RCRA

Archer Norris' wastewater and contaminants practice is a subset of its environmental practice group. The larger group specializes in all aspects of environmental law, from toxic and hazardous substances to California Environmental Quality Act and land use decision-making. The wastewater and contaminants practice brings that broad range of experience and focuses it on representing public agencies and private companies in NPDES permitting and defense of citizen suits, enforcement and regulatory affairs. Archer Norris represents clients throughout the state on these often site-specific issues. Combining litigation and transactional expertise with established regional experience enables Archer Norris to provide a myriad of services to companies in California.