Environmental-Litigation before Federal and State courts and administrative agencies brought pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA” or “Superfund”), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA”), the Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account Act (“HSAA”), the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, and common law.-Defense of Clean Water Act storm water claims for statutory penalties and other damages concerning various industrial sites including manufacturing facilities, recycling facilities and quarries.-Defense of Proposition 65 “bounty hunter” claims for failure to warn brought against an international retailer involving alleged lead exposures from purses, handbags, wallets and shoes and claims brought against a regional distributor of jewelry for failure to warn of alleged exposure to cadmium.Toxic Tort and Occupational Exposure-Defense of national and regional industrial chemical manufacturers in connection with alleged toxic occupational exposure.-Defense of residential property owners and contractors in connection with personal injuries and property damage based upon alleged exposure to mold.-Experienced in all phases of asbestos litigation on behalf of products and contractor defendants. Successfully defended mesothelioma and asbestosis claims in all major California venues (San Francisco, Alameda and Los Angeles).