The environmental litigation group at Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. assists clients in the waste management, oil and gas and chemical industries seeking assistance with a spread of toxic tort, contamination, product liability claims. John Cruden co-steers the group from the Washington DC office, expertly navigating high-stakes environmental and natural resources claims as well as civil and criminal enforcement mandates, alongside New York’s Daniel Krainin, an expert on product liability matters. Also in New York is Megan Brillault, who is known for her work defending class and mass action environmental and toxic tort claims. The deep bench includes Austin’s Bina Reddy, who is known for defending citizen suits under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act in addition to the New York-based John Paul, who is an expert in environmental and energy law; he routinely deals with enforcement matters relating to waste management and disposal, waste water and emissions. Other names to note are Maddie Boyer, of the Austin office, who is known for her environmental enforcement work and the New York-based Katrina Krebs, whose focus lies within class action defense and waste management and recycling mandates.
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Kernmandanten
- American Petroleum Institute
- BASF Corporation
- BNSF Railway Company
- City of Los Angeles
- General Electric Company
- Shell USA
- Siemens Corporation
- TargetUnited Airlines
- Waste Connections
Highlight-Mandate
- Serving as lead litigation counsel for Clarios in federal CERCLA litigation at the most high-profile environmental justice site in California.
- Defending Waste Connections, Inc., and certain subsidiaries in four putative class action lawsuits and 11 mass tort actions filed on behalf of 800 individual plaintiffs.
- Defending BASF Corporation and Sasol Chemicals USA, ethylene oxide (EtO) manufacturers, in two separate, high-profile, and closely watched toxic tort actions related to exposure from emissions from EtO manufacturing plants located in so-called “Cancer Alley” Louisiana.
Anwält*innen
Hall of fame
Die Anwält*innen an der Spitze ihres Berufsstands, die aufgrund ihres langjährigen Engagements in marktführender Arbeit von Wettbewerbern und Mandanten gleichermaßen geschätzt und anerkannt werden.
Partner*innen der nächsten Generation
Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.
Megan Brillault
Bina Reddy
Führende Associates
Führende Associates sind regelmäßig an zentralen Mandaten des Teams beteiligt und erhalten positives Feedback von Wettbewerbern oder Mandanten.
Katrina Krebs
Praxisleitung
John Cruden; Daniel Krainin
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Megan Brillault; Loren Dunn; Susan Smith; James Slaughter; John Guttman; David Weber; Eric Klein; Bina Reddy; John Paul; Kaitlyn Shannon; Katelyn Ciolino; Maddie Boyer; Katrina Krebs