Areas of Experience and Focus

David has extensive practical experience in many aspects of environmental regulatory and transactional counseling and environmental litigation, including appearing before federal, state and local agencies with authority for environmental compliance and natural resource protection.  Concentrated work David has successfully handled includes engagements involving:
  • Access Agreement preparation for remedial projects involving soil and/or groundwater impacts
  • Act 2 land recycling
  • Act 537 issues involving mandated sanitary sewer connection and on lot septic system malfunctions
  • Asbestos risk management, including assisting clients with asbestos estimation issues in reorganizational bankruptcies, assisting companies with actuarial assessments of their asbestos litigation risk, helping companies avoid reorganizational bankruptcies, providing insurance coverage representation to clients defending asbestos claims, and providing M & A support to assess acquisition candidates’ asbestos liability risk
  • AHERA compliance counseling
  • Alternative energy projects
  • Bio-solid regulation
  • Cost recovery actions
  • Environmental compliance auditing and reporting
  • Environmental Covenant preparation for remedial projects involving soil and/or groundwater impacts
  • Environmental insurance coverage litigation and insurance by-back negotiations
  • Green building design and construction counseling and drafting green leases
  • Indoor air quality concerns arising from lead based paint, mold, radon and asbestos containing material
  • Lender liability counseling for financial institutions
  • NESHAP renovation and demolition issues
  • OSHA asbestos “hazard communication” compliance counseling
  • Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessment interpretation, including advising on non-scope considerations
  • Real estate transactions involving environmental issues
  • Solid waste disposal
  • Stormwater management and/or MS4 regulation
  • Superfund litigation representing generators and serving as liaison counsel
  • Sustainability issues, including assisting clients in managing emerging risks and planning for policy changes in the areas of alternative energy and energy conservation, water and air quality, stormwater management, solid waste management, greenhouse gas regulation, land use, green building design and construction and launching or expanding businesses that sell green or sustainable products
  • Underground storage tank regulatory compliance issues
  • USTIF claims
  • Wastewater permitting issues