Overview
Experience
Bond’s toxic tort and environmental litigation practice has successfully represented clients in all facets of environmental litigation including:
- Civil cases in state and federal courts brought by governmental and private parties seeking civil damages, response costs, fines and other penalties
- State and federal administrative proceedings involving regulatory issues
- State and federal criminal prosecutions for alleged violations of environmental laws
By way of example, Bond attorneys have represented clients in cases arising from:
- Contaminated environmental media (air, water, soil, groundwater)
- Exposures from consumer products (carbonless copy paper and hair care products)
- Occupational exposures
- Pesticides
- Drugs
- Sick buildings
- Asbestos
- Lead paint
Our attorneys have the knowledge to address such environmental issues as:
- CERCLA cost recovery, natural resource damages, and contribution actions
- State Superfund administrative proceedings
- RCRA and Clean Water Act Citizen suits
- Navigation Law Section 181 actions (petroleum discharges)
- Criminal prosecution of environmental statutes and regulations
- Common law claims for personal injury damages, medical monitoring, and property damage
- Asbestos removal and handling violations
- State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) challenges
- Insurance coverage for environmental claims
Industries
Our attorneys have represented clients in a wide variety of industries that include:
- Chemicals
- Pharmaceuticals
- Pulp and Paper
- Electrical Components
- Hair Care and Cosmetics
- Defense Industry
- Agricultural and Dairy Products
- Energy
- Health Care
