Preti Flaherty, which has one of the most sophisticated and diverse environmental litigation practices in New England, is led by a former U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney and includes a former Senior Manager in EPA's legal enforcement office. The firm's Environmental Practice Group has represented clients across the country in numerous venues (including federal and state courts, administrative bodies, and arbitrations) involving a broad range of environmental laws.
Preti Flaherty's team of environmental litigators has experience in numerous environmental statutes including: Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act (including NPDES permits, SPCC, wetlands issues, and Combined and Sanitary Sewer Overflow cases), CERCLA/Superfund (including injunctive relief, cost recovery and natural resource damage cases, multi-party PRP sites, urban impaired waterways, and contaminated sediment sites), RCRA, TSCA, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), EPCRA, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Natural Resources Protection Act, and the Endangered Species Act.
Preti Flaherty also has significant experience in environmental toxic tort and property damage cases and has represented plaintiffs and defendants in such litigation.