Jenner & Block’s Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Law Practice is one of the most dynamic in the country. We practice in many specialized and complex areas. We frequently represent clients in litigation, regulatory matters, permit proceedings, due diligence investigations, audits, toxic tort litigation, insurance recovery proceedings and a variety of corporate transactions. Our web page contains numerous web links and over 100 full-text articles authored by members of the Practice Area concerning the substantive areas of our practice. Many of the attorneys in our practice are also members of the Firm’s Climate and Clean Technology Law Practice and are deeply involved in representing our clients in the multitude of rapidly developing legal issues related to climate change.
We help clients solve—and often avoid—their problems by providing a full range of legal services from regulatory and transactional advice through trial and appeal. Our multi-disciplinary approach allows efficient and comprehensive solutions for clients interested in, or impacted by, energy needs and innovations. Our lawyers understand both legal and business issues involved in safeguarding and advocating our clients’ interests as they use and have an impact on natural, human, and synthetic resources. Our department has attorneys who have experience in all areas of environmental, energy, and natural resources law.
The attorneys in the Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Law Practice continuously monitor the cases, regulations and trends in climate change, environmental lender liability and asbestos liability. Below you will find links to resource centers with highlights of some of the newest and most important developments in these areas:
Our nationwide practice focuses on the following areas:
- Handling a wide variety of environmental, energy, safety and health regulatory enforcement matters, including defending private citizen suits.
- Defending toxic tort claims, including property damage, diminution of property value claims and wrongful death claims.
- Supporting corporate, real estate and tax attorneys on a wide range of commercial transactions including conducting due diligence on environmental, energy, and safety and health issues.
- Assisting corporate clients with ongoing compliance, audit and operational programs designed to identify and address environmental, safety and health, and energy efficiency, climate change and sustainability issues.
- Providing advice regarding energy distribution and generation, energy efficiency and overcoming regulatory hurdles.
- Handling air emission permitting and control issues.
- Advising clients on brownfields development opportunities, including advice regarding remediation options, successful transfer strategies, shifting liability obligations, reducing financial reserves and obtaining no further remediation approvals.
- Defending against various natural resource damage claims involving both federal and state trustees.
- Providing occupational safety and health advice for management of human resources, including the defense of claims relating to job-related accidents, regulatory compliance and development of management systems.
- Litigating CERCLA, Superfund and cost recovery claims, both as defendants and plaintiffs.
- Assisting policyholders with recovering the cost of environmental claims from their insurance carriers.
- Resolving water resource problems, including those related to wetlands and water discharge permitting and regulations.
- Handling solid and hazardous waste issues, RCRA compliance and enforcement matters and UST removal and trust fund reimbursement procedures.
- Defending environmental justice claims brought alone or in conjunction with other claims and proceedings.
The following is a representative list of our Practice Area’s clients:
- Carylon Corp.
- El Paso Energy Corp.
- Exelon Corp.
- General Dynamics Corp.
- Pactiv Corp.
- Rockwell International Inc.
- Tenneco Automotive Inc.
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