For more than four decades, our top-ranked Toxic & Environmental Torts practice has litigated, tried, and resolved some of the nation’s most complex high‑exposure and mission‑critical toxic and environmental tort litigation, delivering practical, cost‑effective strategies in the toughest venues across the United States.

We represent clients facing individual actions, class actions, mass torts, and multidistrict litigation brought by property owners, water districts, governmental entities, consumers, and other claimants. Our team has successfully litigated cases in state and federal courts nationwide, including in the most plaintiff‑friendly jurisdictions, navigating vast discovery obligations, complex scientific evidence, evolving legal theories, and challenging factual records.

Our lawyers have been at the forefront of high‑profile toxic and environmental cases involving alleged exposure to a wide range of substances, including trichloroethylene (TCE), perchloroethylene (PCE), trichloroacetic acid (TCA), paraquat, ethylene oxide (EtO), per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), asbestos, talc, MTBE, and a host of others. We have achieved favorable outcomes for clients across numerous industries, including chemical, pulp and paper, manufacturing, agricultural, automotive, energy, quarrying and mining, power generation, and tobacco.

Our key strength lies in a deep understanding of the scientific, medical, and technical issues that define this type of litigation. Our team has presented and cross‑examined hundreds of experts in diverse scientific disciplines and maintains extensive institutional knowledge of frequently asserted diseases and recurring plaintiffs’ experts. We translate complex technical issues into clear, persuasive presentations for judges and juries. And we smoke out and defeat junk science both at the motions stage and, if necessary, at trial.

We provide comprehensive resolution options tailored to our clients’ business objectives –whether through trial, arbitration, mediation, or settlement – and partner closely with clients to manage litigation efficiently and strategically. Our lawyers are supported by specialized teams focused on science, discovery, and appellate strategy, as well as a dedicated discovery team capable of managing large‑scale, complex matters.

With our extensive team handling toxic tort cases across the country, a deep bench of first‑chair trial lawyers, and a network of trial‑tested local counsel in the most difficult jurisdictions, we bring clarity, credibility, and resolve to high‑stakes disputes. Our willingness to try cases gives strategic focus to every phase of litigation and makes us trusted advocates when the stakes are highest.