The team at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is known for its ability to navigate a full spread of environmental issues relating to soil and groundwater contamination, land use, hazardous waste and water and air quality. The group is led from Los Angeles by Jeffrey Parker, who predominantly handles product liability cases, and Whitney Roy, who is a name to note for tort litigation. In San Francisco, Nicholas Van Aelstyn’s wide practice encompasses cost recovery actions and regulatory enforcement actions, regularly handling a range of Superfund and contaminated sites matters.
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Key clients
- Pacific Coast Building Products, Inc.
- PRP group at the Yosemite Slough Superfund Site
- PIP West Chester Protective Gear (Protective Industrial
- Products, Inc., West Chester Holdings, Inc.) and Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
- Hanson Aggregates Mid-Pacific, Inc., Lehigh Hanson, Inc.
- Soco West, Inc.
- ESCO Group LLC, a division of The Weir Group PLC
- RWE Clean Energy, LLC (“RWE”)
- Cosori Corporation
- Kabushiki Kaisha Muso Shoji
Work highlights
- Representing a nine-member PRP group at the Yosemite Slough Superfund Site, the largest contaminated sediment site in EPA Region 9.
- Representing two leather glove suppliers (Protective Industrial Products, Inc., and West Chester Holdings, Inc.), as well as West Chester’s retail customer Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC, in a Proposition 65 lawsuit filed by private enforcer Center for Environmental Health (CEH).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jeffrey Parker, Whitney Roy