Julie O'Keefe Email & Phone Number

For more than 20 years, I have represented businesses in environmental and occupational safety and health (OSH) enforcement actions brought by governmental agencies and private entities. Emphasizing education and counseling, I handle the full range of environmental and occupational safety and health matters. I also handle more general contract negotiations for certain clients.Disclaimer: The choice of lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements.

Listed skills include Environmental Law, Cercla, Due Diligence, Remediation, and 1 others.

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  Partner

  Armstrong Teasdale Llp

  2000 - Present

  For businesses, I serve as the face of the company when dealing with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and other state environmental agencies in matters involving laws such as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA); Clean Air Act; and the negotiation and performance of Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Studies (RI/FSs) and Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analyses (EE/CAs). I inform clients in matters involving site assessment, remediation activities, compliance violations, contracts and due diligence during sale or acquisition of real estate, asset sales and stock sales. I also handle CERCLA (Superfund) cost recovery actions.I represent businesses defending willful, serious and repeat citations and in inspections under the OSH Act. I provide analysis and advice to clients involved in criminal investigations. I have appeared before many administrative law judges in OSHA trials before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and state administrative tribunals.Speaker to Industry Groups such as Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Associated Industries of Missouri, Associated General Contractors of Illinois, Air & Waste Management Association.