Jones Day - Services - Environmental Litigation

Jones Day has one of the most distinguished litigation practices in the world. That expertise includes the ability to handle the most complex and potentially costly environmental cases. Our lawyers, several of whom served as trial lawyers at the United States Department of Justice, have extensive litigation and trial experience. Work by our lawyers has included the defense of criminal and civil investigations and prosecutions in the U.S. and Europe, as well as litigation arising from private citizen suits, natural resource damage claims, Superfund cost recovery claims, public nuisance, class action and individual toxic tort claims. These cases routinely have involved a wide range of allegations involving claims of personal injury and property damage alleged to have been caused by a wide-variety of contaminants and a variety of environmental media. Given the scientific complexity of these matters, the experience of many of our lawyers in disciplines involving chemistry, ecological and human risk assessment, hydrogeology, engineering, and epidemiology complements the in-depth litigation experience our lawyers possess. As a result, practice lawyers possess an invaluable combination of skills and experiences from which our clients can draw. The richness of these talents has contributed to our success in defending toxic tort claims involving exposure affecting a large or indeterminate number of plaintiffs and property damage claims involving widespread environmental contamination. For example, our lawyers have successfully handled claims of personal injury and/or property damage resulting from exposure to various chemicals (e.g. vinyl chloride monomer, methanol, dioxins, lead pigments, beryllium, PCBs, dyes, benzene, TCE, carbon monoxide, diesel exhaust, coal tar products, pesticides, MTBE, radioactive waste). Finally, practice lawyers have successfully defended claims of contamination, injury or alleged violations of the law that are alleged to have resulted from catastrophic fires, explosions, spills and/or caused by our client’s alleged contributions to global warming. While our litigation experience is unparalleled and a major source of our strength, our lawyers have the experience and sound judgment to know when and how the client’s objectives can most appropriately be achieved through settlement. To that end, our lawyers have structured numerous creative settlements and pursued alternative methods of dispute resolution.

Contact(s)

Kevin P. Holewinski
Washington
Tel: 1.202.879.3939
E-mail

Charles A. Perry
Atlanta
Tel: 1.404.521.3939
E-mail

Michael F. Dolan
Chicago
Tel: 1.312.782.3939
E-mail

John A. Rego
Cleveland
Tel: 1.216.586.3939
E-mail

Chris Papanicolaou
London
Tel: 44.20.7039.5959
E-mail

Françoise S. Labrousse
Paris
Tel: 33.1.56.59.39.39
E-mail

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Lawyers Staff Overview Experience Publications Contact(s) Kevin P. Holewinski Washington Tel: 1.202.879.3939 E-mail Charles A. Perry Atlanta Tel: 1.404.521.3939 E-mail Michael F. Dolan Chicago Tel: 1.312.782.3939 E-mail John A. Rego Cleveland Tel: 1.216.586.3939 E-mail Chris Papanicolaou London Tel: 44.20.7039.5959 E-mail Françoise S. Labrousse Paris Tel: 33.1.56.59.39.39 E-mail Main Practice Environmental, Health & Safety	Jones Day has one of the most distinguished litigation practices in the world. That expertise includes the ability to handle the most complex and potentially costly environmental cases. Our lawyers, several of whom served as trial lawyers at the United States Department of Justice, have extensive litigation and trial experience. Work by our lawyers has included the defense of criminal and civil investigations and prosecutions in the U.S. and Europe, as well as litigation arising from private citizen suits, natural resource damage claims, Superfund cost recovery claims, public nuisance, class action and individual toxic tort claims. These cases routinely have involved a wide range of allegations involving claims of personal injury and property damage alleged to have been caused by a wide-variety of contaminants and a variety of environmental media. Given the scientific complexity of these matters, the experience of many of our lawyers in disciplines involving chemistry, ecological and human risk assessment, hydrogeology, engineering, and epidemiology complements the in-depth litigation experience our lawyers possess. As a result, practice lawyers possess an invaluable combination of skills and experiences from which our clients can draw. The richness of these talents has contributed to our success in defending toxic tort claims involving exposure affecting a large or indeterminate number of plaintiffs and property damage claims involving widespread environmental contamination. For example, our lawyers have successfully handled claims of personal injury and/or property damage resulting from exposure to various chemicals (e.g. vinyl chloride monomer, methanol, dioxins, lead pigments, beryllium, PCBs, dyes, benzene, TCE, carbon monoxide, diesel exhaust, coal tar products, pesticides, MTBE, radioactive waste). Finally, practice lawyers have successfully defended claims of contamination, injury or alleged violations of the law that are alleged to have resulted from catastrophic fires, explosions, spills and/or caused by our client’s alleged contributions to global warming. While our litigation experience is unparalleled and a major source of our strength, our lawyers have the experience and sound judgment to know when and how the client’s objectives can most appropriately be achieved through settlement. To that end, our lawyers have structured numerous creative settlements and pursued alternative methods of dispute resolution. Contact(s) Kevin P. Holewinski Washington Tel: 1.202.879.3939 E-mail Charles A. Perry Atlanta Tel: 1.404.521.3939 E-mail Michael F. Dolan Chicago Tel: 1.312.782.3939 E-mail John A. Rego Cleveland Tel: 1.216.586.3939 E-mail Chris Papanicolaou London Tel: 44.20.7039.5959 E-mail Françoise S. Labrousse Paris Tel: 33.1.56.59.39.39 E-mail