We have focused on litigation techniques to reduce costs to the client while providing an experienced team of attorneys with a thorough knowledge of PST, contamination, and toxic tort law. We have handled in excess of 150 PST cases, four of which have gone to trial. In addition, we have tried contamination cases outside the underground storage tank arena, which present legal and factual issues very similar to those encountered in petroleum storage tank cases. The firm also has been involved in environmental insurance litigation involving contaminated sites across the country.

A core group of attorneys and paralegals are knowledgeable and current on all facets of PST claims, litigation, and appeals and are familiar with the industries we serve. Consequently, we have been able to standardize much of our work and make it more cost efficient. For your benefit, we use:

Standardized discovery and pleadings. Written and deposition discovery can be a costly process in any case. We have standard discovery tailored to property owners, retailers, distributors, and environmental consultants. With a minimum amount of effort, these can be tailored to each case. These requests encompass questions about environmental testing and assessment, tank/line inspections and testing, soil and groundwater analyses, and hydrogeologic background.

We have pre-prepared questions regarding damages, including lost business, property depreciation, insurance coverage and health injuries. This discovery can be served on a plaintiff quickly to "smoke out" the case at a very early stage without investing too much time and expense.

Expert witness databases and relationships. Where depositions are necessary, our storage tank teams have developed significant expertise and experience and have standardized outlines they can tailor for fact witnesses and environmental experts and property managers.

Solid relationships with regulatory agencies. Our experienced team are skilled at cultivating relationships with the right people in governmental agencies, including state and local health agencies, fire departments, and public work departments, to insure that our requests for information are promptly and comprehensively handled, all at minimal cost. Where needed, we can negotiate the scope and implementation of corrective action plans with regulators. Depending on the jurisdiction, our team can pursue eligibility for reimbursement from state cleanup funds.