Christopher J. McNevin leads Pillsbury’s Environmental Litigation team. He has twice won Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year” for Natural Resources Law. Chris has extensive experience handling environmental litigation in federal and state court and agency tribunals, as well as investigations, remediation actions and regulatory compliance matters.
He advises on water rights, climate change matters, soil, groundwater and sediment contamination, and air and water quality issues. Chris has successfully handled variance petitions, mandamus, CERCLA and real property contamination cases and NOVs, as well as spearheaded precedent-setting litigation involving transborder pollution claims.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE :
- Defended Teck Metals, a Canadian mining and smelting company, in a historic cross-border contamination case involving CERCLA response cost and natural resource damages (NRD) claims related to emissions in Canada.
- Represented ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil in asserting claims against the City of Long Beach, Calif., for the cost of hazardous waste disposal.
- Advised a manufacturing company in a site investigation and cleanup, and litigated groundwater contamination claims arising from the manufacture of circuit boards.
EDUCATION :
- J.D., Stanford Law School, 1983
- B.S., Biology, University of Miami, 1979
ADMISSIONS : California, Texas
COURTS :
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd and 9th Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of California
Cost
Rate : $$$