Services

  • Air quality, including Clean Air Act compliance, new source review, permitting, emissions trading, variance proceedings, and indoor air quality
  • Water quality, including Clean Water Act compliance, storm water management, wastewater treatment, waste discharge requirements, and NPDES issues
  • Water rights, including surface water and groundwater
  • Environmental litigation, defense of administrative, civil, and criminal enforcement actions (including internal investigations and voluntary agency disclosures), complex toxic tort actions, class actions, cost recovery and contribution actions, and defense and prosecution of citizen suits – under all major federal and state environmental statutes, including the CWA, CERCLA, RCRA, ESA, Proposition 65, and the Hazardous Substance Account Act
  • Natural resources, including NEPA, CEQA, NRD assessments and litigation, wetlands, and species
  • Complex large-scale renewable energy project permitting, including environmental review, and land use entitlements
  • Government entity representation, ranging from large national laboratories to individual cities and counties, in counseling and litigation relating to environmental, natural resource and land use matters
  • Compliance counseling under all major federal and state environmental statutes, including CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA, OPA, and EPCRA
  • Environmental due diligence in corporate and real estate transactions, including Phase I and Phase II site assessments, complex due diligence investigations, and Brownfields development planning and site disposition work
  • Product stewardship, including strategic planning for regulatory compliance, risk management and litigation avoidance, and product recalls
  • Product liability, including complex products litigation and product liability claims

Firm Highlights

News

Chris Locke Recognized for Jack London State Historic Park Pro Bono Work

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Farella Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Edition

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Farella Braun + Martel Earns 2024 Best Law Firms® Rankings

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Publication

Trends Guest Editorial: Wildfires and Wineries

Link to the article in Gradient's Trends  Spring 2023 newsletter. Recurring wildfires in the Napa and Sonoma Counties of California have created a set of niche problems for the surrounding wineries, on top of...

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Event

2024 Environmental & Energy, Mass Torts, and Products Liability Litigation Committees' Joint Regional CLE Program

Sarah Bell will moderate the panel "PFAS: Everything Everywhere All at Once"  at the American Bar Association's 2024 Environmental & Energy, Mass Torts, and Products Liability Litigation Committees' Joint Regional CLE Program. Session Overview: PFAS...

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News

Farella Braun + Martel Attorneys Named to 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Thirty-eight Farella Braun + Martel lawyers were named to the Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists of top attorneys in Northern California for 2023. 2023 Farella Northern California Super Lawyers: Carly Alameda – Business...

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News

Who’s Who Legal 2023 Recognizes Farella Lawyers

Six Farella Braun + Martel lawyers have been recommended by Who’s Who Legal 2023 as leading practitioners in their fields. Who’s Who Legal – Environment 2023 James Colopy Robert Hines David Lazerwitz Chris Locke...

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Publication

Wind Energy Project Approvals and Tax Credits Look To Outpace Macroeconomic and Supply Chain Headwinds in 2024

A snapshot of the renewable wind industry on October 31, 2023, captures many of the current challenges and opportunities for the industry and regulatory agencies heading into 2024.  That day, the world’s largest offshore...

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