CSG attorneys are active, visible members of the environmental law and business communities and enjoy taking on tough cases for our clients. Our knowledge and experience – in and out of the courtroom – have earned the respect of some of the most prominent lawyers, regulators, legislators and consultants in the field.
Our environmental experience includes a wide variety of representations, including matters involving the following:
- New Jersey Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA), Spill Compensation and Control Act (Spill Act), and Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA)
- Remediation and redevelopment of Superfund sites and Brownfields properties
- Multi-party cost recovery litigation under state and federal law, CERCLA
- Hazardous materials incidents and cleanups
- Real estate transactions involving properties with environmental issues
Environmental due diligence and audits for all types of real estate and corporate transactions in the U.S. and abroad - Regulated discharge/emission permits
- Wetland and stream encroachment issues
- Coastal development regulations
- Defense of corporations and executives facing criminal environmental prosecutions
- Counsel of lending institutions on environmental aspects of commercial transactions
- Siting, permitting and advice for regulated industries such as solid waste facilities
- Defending corporations and industries in citizens’ suits
- Representing public and private interests in environmental project development and financing
- Natural resources damage claims and settlements
- Threatened and endangered species
- Cultural and historic resource
- Wastewater management planning
- Highlands permitting
- Coastal permitting (CAFRA/waterfront development)
- Governmental affairs/legislative counseling
- Air pollution control
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- OSHA compliance