Environmental Law
Hermes, Netburn, O'Connor & Spearing P.C. offers a full range of environmental legal
services. The firm's practice in this area includes representing clients in state
and federal Superfund enforcement actions, prosecuting and defending private environmental
response cost recovery actions and advising clients in a wide range of environmental
regulatory and permitting matters and in connection with the redevelopment of contaminated
properties. Our attorneys also represent and advise environmental engineers and
other environmental professionals in connection with claims and liabilities arising
out of their professional services.
Environmental laws, with their complex regulatory compliance requirements and often
strict, retroactive and joint and several liability provisions, present many challenges
to today's business community. In advising our clients in this area, whether dealing
with litigation decisions in a cost recovery suit or formulating regulatory compliance
strategies and performing a cleanup with defined or limited resources, we endeavor
to develop and carry out strategies that fit with our clients' business needs.