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Environmental Law
Environmental Law
Increasingly complex environmental laws and evolving technical challenges affect nearly every company doing business today. Michel & Associates, P.C. provides high-quality legal and technical representation to clients facing environmental law and regulatory compliance issues in both advisory and adversarial settings.
Our attorneys represent a broad range of clients, including small businesses, mid-sized companies, and Fortune 500 corporations, as well as developers, natural resource organizations, advocacy groups, and individuals. We help clients develop and implement best management practices, promote regulatory compliance, and prevent environmentally based conflicts before they arise. When disputes are unavoidable, our firm focuses on resolving environmental matters efficiently, responsibly, and in alignment with each client’s operational and financial objectives.
Michel & Associates regularly handles Brownfield redevelopment projects and advises clients on contaminated property characterization and remediation. Our attorneys possess deep experience with key environmental statutes and regulations, including CERCLA (Superfund), RCRA, CEQA, NEPA, Proposition 65, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act.
Our firm has been involved in environmental cases of national prominence, including the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Chromium VI contamination cases made famous by the film Erin Brockovich, the OII Superfund Site, the Denova Environmental Superfund Site, the Santa Margarita River adjudication, and the Times Beach/Syntech dioxin cost-allocation action.
Through decades of experience, Michel & Associates has developed the insight and technical knowledge necessary to help clients successfully navigate California’s and the nation’s most complex environmental challenges.