Pacific Northwest Environmental Litigation Attorneys
Have you, your property, or your economic interests been harmed by pollution or contamination for which you are not responsible? Are you facing allegations of environmental liability? Are you the subject of an environmental agency order, investigation, or enforcement action? If so, the Chenoweth Law Group can help.
Federal and state environmental laws are extraordinarily complex and they represent powerful tools in the hands of a knowledgeable lawyer. If the need arises, we can help you bring claims against previous owners of contaminated property, insurance carriers, and other third parties in order to address issues of environmental liability. We can also defend your rights if you face a lawsuit, a government investigation, or other enforcement action for alleged violations of state or federal law environmental laws.
Chenoweth Law Group, P.C., is among the top environmental litigation firms in the Pacific Northwest. We have successfully prosecuted and defended numerous environmental claims at all levels of state and federal government, from administrative hearings boards to state and federal trial courts, and on up through the courts of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Our attorneys will help you understand the array of statutes and regulations affecting you or your business, while formulating solutions aimed at providing optimum results. Please call us toll-free at 866-489-5384 to discuss your situation.
Cost Recovery and Contribution Claims
Often previous property owners, prior businesses, and other responsible parties fail to properly clean up toxic or hazardous waste contamination or pollution. Our lawyers can locate and identify these responsible parties and, if necessary, file civil claims against past owners, operators, arrangers, and transporters to recover cleanup costs and generate funding for future compliance. We also defend environmental cost recovery and contribution claims to disprove or minimize liability for site cleanup.
Environmental Agency Defense
Our Portland, Oregon, law firm can help defend you or your business against state and federal environmental agency orders, investigations, and enforcement actions. We work with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), the Washington Department of Ecology (DOE), the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other government agencies to manage or mend relationships, coordinate cost-effective solutions, and negotiate settlements. We can also help you work proactively to make sure you remain in compliance and avoid regulatory violations. When the job requires the expertise of an environmental consultant, we call on our relationships within the industry to provide you with the professional services you need.
Property Contamination
If your land was contaminated by polluters or neighboring landowners you could have property damage. We can represent you in making civil trespass, nuisance, negligence, and other claims to obtain compensation for your damages. If property contamination claims are brought against you, we have the expertise to defend you and obtain insurance coverage if it is available.
Toxic Torts Litigation
If contamination or pollution in the environment has physically injured you or your family members, you may face immediate or long-term health issues. We can help you by filing civil claims to assign fault, hold the responsible parties accountable, and obtain compensation. We also defend businesses, individuals, and property owners against toxic tort claims.
Community & Public Interest Lawsuits
When the government lacks the will or the resources to enforce the law, our experience in environmental litigation makes us well suited to represent public interest and community groups and individuals acting in the public interest in pursuing injunctions, civil penalties, and other relief for violations of environmental statutes and regulations.
Environmental Litigation Overview
Our firm provides solutions to a vast array of environmental litigation, enforcement, and regulatory issues. Our expertise in environmental law includes:
- Site investigation and cleanup
- Cleanup cost recovery and contribution
- CERCLA and Superfund
- Oregon Superfund statute, ORS 465
- Washington Model Toxics Control act (MTCA)
- Insurance coverage
- RCRA
- Clean Water Act
- Natural resource damage
- Property damage
- Trespass, nuisance, negligence
- Noise and odor complaints
- Mold
- Administrative Procedures Act
- Zoning and land use regulations
- Wetlands regulations
- Regulatory compliance advice
- Commercial and real estate litigation
- State and federal civil litigation
- Summary judgment, trial, and appeals
Contact Us to Schedule a Consultation
To discuss how our advocacy, litigation, and negotiation skills might help you with your complex personal or business environmental litigation issue, please call us at 866-489-5384 or send us an e-mail.
