Won a decisive victory for an international mining and smelting company in the largest natural resource damages case ever to go to trial. The case, involving the Coeur d'Alene River basin in Idaho, was brought by the United States and an Indian tribe.

Secured approval of modifications to a federal consent decree governing the investigation and cleanup of contamination at a Sacramento industrial facility that has been listed as a Superfund site. The modifications "carved out" 2600 clean acres from the 8500-acre Superfund site,  enabling our client to put these 2600 acres to productive use.

Retained to assist in defense of natural resource damages claims relating to alleged contamination of the Hudson River.

Represent a coalition in a series of actions under the Endangered Species Act seeking reform of salmon fisheries which harvest substantial numbers of ESA-listed Northwest salmon. The current cost of measures to restore regional salmon runs exceeds $700 million per year and is expected to increase. Meanwhile, harvest rates on returning adult salmon range as high as 60 percent each year.

Defense of one of the largest mining companies in Canada in a lawsuit filed by the California Attorney General's Office over cleanup of groundwater contamination at the Jamestown Gold Mine in Tuolumne County, CA.

Settled a lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General's Office for cleanup of contamination caused by a major tire fire. Client owned and operated a waste tire-to-energy facility adjacent to the historic tire pile that burned in the fire.

Negotiated a Bankruptcy Court-approved settlement with the United States and several states resolving a major aluminum company's cleanup liability at more than 66 contaminated sites across the country.

Culminating a 10-year effort, we successfully converted our client's RCRA corrective action permit into an Agreed Order under Washington's contaminated site statute. The deal involved a complicated three-party negotiation that resulted in two agreed orders and one enforcement order against a recalcitrant neighbor.