Major Areas of Practice
Litigation
Nevada v. Price Waterhouse
Audit malpractice, settled for $2.9 million
Double Diamond Matter Obtained $4.6 judgment
Flinn v. FMC Corporation
Settlement of early Title VII race and sex class actions
Nevada Power Litigation - Defective construction of a concrete cooling tower
Environmental
Criminal Litigation – Defense of federal criminal prosecution in the Kanawah River Carbon Tetrachloride matter
RCRA – Design and implementation of a national compliance program for a major chemical company
CERCLA – Design and implementation of a national compliance program for a major chemical company – Natural Resources Damages Assessments
Chemdyne I – Negotiation co-chairman for the first multi-party CERCLA settlement
NPL #1 Ranking, Fridley, MN – Negotiated the cleanup of first site designated by EPA as the No 1 site on the National Priorities List of the National Contingency Plan
Other Administrative law
OSHA – Design and implementation of a national compliance program for a major chemical company
Title VII – Design and implementation of a national compliance program for a major chemical company
UCC – Design and implementation of a national compliance program for a major chemical company
Anti-trust – Implementation of anti-trust compliance program
Mining
Paradise Peak Gold Mine – Permitting so that commercial gold production from a $100 million facility commenced 34 months after initial discovery – Environmental impact of a Bird Kill
Water Rights and Permitting for Barrick and Santa Fe mines in Nevada
Athena Gold title litigation and defamation action against Time Magazine
Property, mining, easement, drilling and water rights issues on Federal, Forest Service, BLM, Tribal, Railroad, Education, State, and private lands
Securities and IPOs
IPOs for FMC Gold Company (now Meridian Gold) PrimaDonna (now MGM Mirage)
NASD arbitrations and mediations
Tribal Rights
Mining and industrial operations on Indian lands – aboriginal rights – Indian Nonintercourse Act – Tribal employment Rights – Natural Resources Damage Assessments – Environmental matters
Commercial and real estate
Construction defects litigation – homeowners association matters – CC+Rs – commercial, industrial, and office leases – disclosure obligations
Import-export contracts and regulations – commercial financing – mortgages and deeds of trust – due diligence and comfort letters
