Our attorneys have unique, 360-degree expertise in this practice area, representing clients with potential responsibilities for environmental matters in defending claims and addressing regulatory, insurance coverage, contribution and indemnification issues.
 Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC has been listed as a "Go-To Law Firm" in Corporate Counsel magazine’s survey by our client, Western Refining, Inc.
- Our business clients rely on us for matters related to:
- Litigation brought under federal law, including CERCLA, RCRA, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, NEPA, and similar state law claims;
- Environmental regulatory actions;
- Toxic tort litigation, and
- Related insurance coverage issues.
Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC has successfully handled cases involving the major federal environmental statutes and regulations, numerous State environmental laws, as well as common law claims. Our attorneys are skilled at maximizing the alignment of clients’ interests with those of governments to achieve client goals.
Managing Environmental Risks
Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC works with individuals and corporations to responsibly manage their environmental liabilities throughout the process from cleanup to closure. We use the latest legal, scientific, financial, and insurance tools to reduce and resolve such liabilities on a comprehensive basis. Our attorneys have been successful in limiting clients’ exposure, while at the same time ensuring that contaminated properties are remediated in a manner that is both expeditious and cost-effective.
Regulatory Issues and Litigation
Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC represents individuals and businesses faced with environmental litigation, toxic tort litigation, and regulatory enforcement matters. Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC has a wide range of experience dealing with corporations, local, state and federal regulators, trial and appellate courts, and citizen and public interest groups.
We manage cases involving many types of industrial and commercial operations, including
- metals processors
- used oil processors
- paper mills
- fireworks manufacturers
- military contractors making rockets, flares, and munitions
- industrial and retail dry cleaners
- mining
- asphalt production
- petroleum refining and delivery
- electric generating
- pipelines
- wastewater treatment facilities, and
- landfills.
Insurance Coverage
Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC works for policyholders only who are seeking insurance coverage for claims that they allegedly caused damage to another business or person. Many of these claims arise from clients’ ownership of property, operations, or products. Often these claims are the result of activities that took place many years ago.
Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC frequently represents policyholders seeking insurance coverage for environmental problems. Our attorneys have decades of experience in insurance coverage and bad faith claims related to environmental matters. To pursue the best possible results for clients, we draw on this depth of expertise and our long-term strategic relationships in the insurance coverage arena. Our attorneys have extensive experience in finding and using historic insurance policies to assist clients in addressing today's environmental problems.
We often serve as independent counsel (sometimes called Cumis counsel in California) to protect the policyholder who faces liability from government enforcement action or other environmental claims.
Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC has significant experience in identifying and securing financial assets from often overlooked or previously deemed intractable outside sources, both insurance and non-insurance, to achieve successful outcomes for clients. Maximizing outside sources of funds for investigation and environmental clean-up is often a key to improved outcomes for our clients. This approach often allows our client to remain in control of how the matter is handled, while Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson is paid by our client’s insurers.
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