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Jim Colopy specializes in complex high-stakes environmental litigation representing manufacturers, chemical companies, developers and governmental institutions in environmental enforcement actions, citizen suit litigation, cost recovery actions, toxic tort cases, product liability actions and administrative proceedings involving federal, state and local environmental laws across the country. Jim also has developed an additional specialty of representing individual, family-owned businesses and trust institutions in complex trust, estate and probate litigation in courts throughout California. He has litigated numerous different types of disputes, including breach of trust claims, beneficiary disputes, will and trust challenges, creditor claims, undue influence and incapacity, and community property claims.Jim regularly speaks on environmental litigation and trust and estate litigation. He recently served as chair of the Environmental Law Department for six years, which has been repeatedly recognized as a top tier environmental practice in California and nationwide, and has served as co-chair of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Committee.Jim is the past chair of the Executive Committee of the Environmental Section for the San Francisco Bar Association. He has served as President of the Board of Advisors of the YMCA of San Francisco (Mission branch).

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