Environmental Coverage & Defense (Practice Chair:  Carl Forsberg)

We represent various primary, excess and umbrella insurers in environmental coverage disputes, and we represent insureds in defense and regulatory matters.
Our environmental litigation practice includes:

• In state single and national multiple-site environmental coverage actions involving first and third party policies.

• Defense of insureds claims alleging "toxic torts" and chemical sensitivity and exposure.

We have lawyers and paralegals with outside training and expertise in environmental related areas. For example, our firm includes a former Compliance Director for the Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Board, a former supervisor of The City of Seattle’s Environmental Legal Unit, and individuals schooled in the scientific aspects of remediating contaminated sites.

Environmental issues are a growing concern throughout the United States generally and the Pacific Northwest in particular. We have been involved in the majority of the large environmental insurance coverage cases litigated in Washington, and have the experience to meet the challenges presented by heightened environmental awareness.