Gregory Pfeifer Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Play an integral role delivering legal counsel, strategic guidance and oversight for matters pertaining to environmental law, environmental and toxic tort litigation, corporate governance (environmental matters), and asset management involving legacy liabilities. Ability to balance legal issues with business goals through the demonstration of strong, pragmatic business acumen and the ability to recognize business consequences of legal advice. Deliver legal expertise to optimize the value of assets. Lead a team that includes Chief Litigation Counsel, Associate Counsel, and Paralegal.• Deliver astute management of Environmental Risks by developing and leading company-wide programs and processes such as chairing the EHS Compliance Committee, which provides advice and governance regarding the EHS Audit Program (including OSHA matters), EHS Standards, and the closing of medium/high-risk environmental compliance matters.• Provide legal expertise to advise executive management and facilities on all aspects of applicable environmental programs including CWA, CAA, RCRA, CERCLA, TSCA, EPCRA, NEPA, and Brownfields Remediation Programs.• Skillfully lead legal negotiations pertaining to acquisition/divestiture of facilities where principle issues of concern include legacy environmental liabilities, including several international sites. • Steer cross-functional teams in the management of threatened and actual toxic tort litigation and advise clients regarding the effective management of operations and actions to reduce the risk of toxic tort actions. • Defend and resolve litigation involving claims regarding matters such as toxic torts, environmental consent decrees, and natural resource damages asserted by federal, state and tribal trustees.• Developed and drove a strategy to close environmentally impaired sites in Suriname in a sustainable way and in alignment with U.S. environmental standards. Led negotiations with Suriname Government to secure acceptance.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Combined legal and technical expertise to effectively manage litigation for environmental enforcement actions and permit appeals involving the Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, and state environmental agencies. • Steered and tactically led aspects of each case including deposing fact and expert witnesses (first chair). • Coordinated the simultaneous drafting of numerous expert witness reports, and discovery motions, and conducted discovery.• Expertly managed environmental due diligence for several multi-facility transactions.

Austin, Texas

Delivered tactical and strategic legal advice, representing the State of Texas in various environmental matters, such as permitting, contracts, enforcement, promulgation of administrative rules, and remediation. Primary areas of practice included Pollution Cleanup (State and Federal Superfund, Emergency Response, Voluntary cleanup, and Natural Resource Damages), Underground Storage Tanks, and Contracts. • Articulated and presented complex legal and technical issues to Agency Commissioners at Agenda for final Agency action (first chair). • Contributed legal expertise to address questions and concerns from the general public, citizens groups and public officials. • Pioneered the state’s Voluntary Clean Up program, defining and developing a process to allow the responsible party to manage remediation.

Midland, Texas

Gain experience in reservoir, drilling and oil production engineering.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Publications: Dioxin Regulation Under the Clean Water Act, Texas Environmental Law Journal, Summer 1992 Honors.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Petroleum Engineering

Activities and Societies: Honors: Academic Scholarship Recipient every year Officer, Pi Epsilon Tau Petroleum Engineering Honorary.