Joseph A.
Eisert

Outside counsel for industrial company's global workplace safety assessment involving hundreds of locations, numerous PSM facilities, and a safety culture assessment.

Incident response counsel for multiple industrial and refinery incidents and multiple offshore incidents the past five years.

Conducted PSM, RMP, and emergency response assessments for multiple companies in the U.S. and abroad.

Resolved enforcement actions, related litigation, and claims totaling over $880 million brought by EPA, CARB, DOJ, the California Attorney General and others in connection with the importation and sale of diesel vehicles allegedly in violation of environmental laws.

Resolved numerous State Attorney General environmental and consumer protection claims totaling over $1 billion in connection with the importation and sale of diesel vehicles allegedly in violation of environmental laws.

Resolved DOJ and EPA enforcement matter for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act by a major chemical manufacturing facility with no civil penalty or injunctive relief imposed.

Advised clients on numerous transactions involving manufacturing, energy, retail and consumer products.

Successfully represented an industrial trade association in an eight-year-long RTR rulemaking by the EPA that resulted in economically and technically feasible final rules for manufacturing facilities.

Representing numerous vehicle manufacturers in EPA, ARB, and state regulatory investigations, enforcement actions, and related litigation.

Providing clients environmental support for corporate transactions, including coordinating environmental due diligence, supervising consultants and technical experts, counseling clients on liability and risk allocation issues, and drafting and negotiating contract language.  Several years corporate transactional experience ranging from company formation to private and public M&A, asset deals, and securities offerings.

Represented BP in defense of civil litigation brought by the DOJ and others seeking recovery from BP for injury, costs and environmental civil penalties attributable to the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico.

Represented major manufacturers of power sports vehicles in matters involving CPSC, NHTSA and EPA rulemakings, recalls, investigations and penalty cases; successfully resolved a major CPSC penalty case with reported fatalities with no civil penalty paid by the company.

Represented a client in multiyear investigation and litigation by State Attorney General involving inquiry into core business practices and assertions of multi-billion dollar liability and five consumer class actions raising similar claims.

Representing a trade association in rulemakings and counseling on various environmental, health, and safety matters, including climate change regulation, MACT rulemakings, PM2.5 NAAQS, New Source Review and OSHA rulemakings.

Represented pro bono multiple veterans at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.