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Blair Schilling represents clients in a wide range of commercial matters in federal and state court, with a concentration in environmental law. Her environmental practice includes representing landowners throughout Louisiana against some of the oil and gas industry's largest operators in matters involving coastal restoration, land contamination, land use, clean water, getting brownfield sites safely back into commerce, regulatory and permitting, and expropriation issues. In doing this work, Blair represents state government agencies, non-profit organizations, and private companies and individuals, including the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), the Environmental Defense Fund, the National Wildlife Federation, Restore the Mississippi River...

"All attorney listings are a paid attorney advertisement, and do not in any way constitute a referral or endorsement by an approved or authorized lawyer referral service". NJ Supreme Ct Advisory Committee on Atty Advertising Op 36, 12/26/2005. During my four careers involving real estate, I have created solutions based on my hands-on experience as an attorney, MAI appraiser*, Professional Planner**, Realtor, and developer. I have served in positions involving real estate in municipal, county, state and federal government. Some highlights of my professional career include: Saving millions in legal defense of property tax assessments for the City of Atlantic City,...

Erin Houck-Toll concentrates her practice in the areas of federal and state taxation, as well as many aspects of business planning including health care law and mergers and acquisitions. She is admitted to practice in the State of Florida and before the United States Tax Court. In law school, Erin served on the Environmental Law Journal and was granted a certificate in environmental law. She also served as a volunteer for the EarthJustice Defense Fund, doing independent legal research regarding environmental and land use matters. Erin is currently a member of the Lee County Bar Association and the Tax Section of the...

FRANK DEVEAU serves as co-chair of Taft's Environmental Practice and represents clients in relation to all aspects of environmental law. He advises and defends clients in relation to environmental litigation involving private parties, and federal and state government. He has assisted clients in administrative proceedings, obtaining and maintaining compliance with solid and hazardous waste permits, air permits, CFO, CAFO and water discharge permits. Mr. Deveau authored The Indiana Guide to Underground Storage Tanks (Published by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce) which has been utilized by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and private practitioners throughout Indiana. He also routinely advises...

Brandon is committed to direct, effective representation of clients and their interests. His practice includes complex environmental litigation, insurance coverage, and business disputes. Brandon represents clients in a wide variety of toxic tort litigation, bad faith insurance cases, and construction disputes. He successfully argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He collected over $2.0 million in construction funds. He won summary judgment motions for clients in a number of cases. Brandon represented clients in environmental and personal injury defense cases, including several substantial exposure federal and state environmental clean-up litigations involving CECRLA and RCRA, as well as analogous state statutes...

Nicholas A. Konoske is a member of the firm acting as a business advisor and general counsel for businesses at various stages in their growth cycle, from start ups to mature operating companies, and he has particular expertise in counseling early stage and emerging growth technology companies. Mr. Konoske advises clients in business strategy, start up business formation and structuring, corporate formation and entity selection, corporate governance, the development of funding strategies and the alternatives available to entrepreneurs. He is actively involved in a full range of legal projects, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing (including angel and...

Walker G. Harman, Jr., graduated from the Fordham University School of Law with a J.D. in 1999. At Fordham Law School, he was a member of the Moot Court Board and the Criminal Defense Clinic and an editor of the Environmental Law Journal. He also served as President of the Fordham Student Sponsored Fellowship, where he was charged with the distribution of hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarship funds to students to enable them to work with not-for-profit organizations, and co-chaired the LGBT Students Organization, where he worked directly with Fordham's Dean and other administrators to address diversity and...

Patricia Christensen has focused her practice, for more than 40 years, in the area of complex commercial litigation, and has particular experience and expertise in handling product liability and toxic tort defense litigation, arbitration, mediation and counseling.

She has substantial experience representing product manufacturers in the pharmaceutical, medical product, building product, automotive, banking, chemical, industrial equipment, industrial fluid, oil and gas, recreational equipment and household appliance industries. She has also served as an arbitrator for the Private Adjudication Center at Duke University, resolving product liability claims against trust funds established by the United States Bankruptcy Courts.

In addition, Ms. Christensen has...

Michael D. Kohn is a nationally recognized litigator focusing on whistleblower protection law specializing in Qui Tam/False Claims Act, Dodd-Frank Act SEC whistleblower claims, IRS whistleblower claims and whistleblower retaliation litigation. He has successfully represented whistleblowers in cases against some of the nation’s largest corporations and law firms, including Georgia Power Company, Brown & Root and Ashland Oil Company. He has also won numerous whistleblower cases against federal, state and local governments. His knowledge of issues involving the life sciences, nuclear energy and technology are integral to the firm’s advocacy for those who report environmental violations in the workplace....

Mr. Ivey’s practice focuses on civil litigation, white collar criminal defense, Congressional and grand jury investigations, regulatory matters, crisis management counseling and internal corporate investigations. His experience includes:
• Serving as counsel during the U.S. Senate Whitewater Committee’s investigations of the Clinton White House;
• Conducting numerous grand jury investigations as a federal and state prosecutor; and,
• Conducting an investigation of the reliability of a major electric utility company, and representing that company in a proceeding to determine if the company would be charging appropriate electricity rates.

Mr. Ivey was twice elected State’s Attorney in Prince George’s County, Maryland, and is a former...

Mr. Warren is a graduate of Rutgers College and Rutgers School of Law - Camden. Prior to joining the firm of McOmber & McOmber, P.C. Mr. Warren was associated with two other firms, as well as with Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation at its branch office located in Freehold, New Jersey. Mr. Warren has been with McOmber & McOmber, P.C. from 1980 until the present time. Mr. Warren and his wife are residents of East Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. They are members of Saint Bartholomew Church also located in East Brunswick, New Jersey. He is a charter member of the...