Bergman Dacey Goldsmith Shareholder BRIAN J. BERGMAN published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on September 30, 2014.
Attached is an article by Bergman Dacey Goldsmith Shareholder BRIAN J. BERGMAN published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on September 30, 2014. The article discusses a recent Ninth Circuit opinion regarding settlement under CERCLA and warns the reader, “Deep pocket contaminators beware!” For more information on environmental cleanup litigation, settlements under CERCLA, or any other Environmental Law issue, please contact Brian J. Bergman at Bbergman@bdgfirm.com or 310-470-6110.
BRIAN J. BERGMAN’s practice focuses primarily on environmental, land use, construction, and general business law and litigation. Mr. Bergman has a broad range of experience in environmental and land use litigation, including matters under CERCLA, CWA, CAA, CEQA, OPA, Proposition 65, eminent domain, and state nuisance and trespass actions. Mr. Bergman has represented clients on matters before the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the California Air Resources Board, Regional Water Quality Control Boards, and DTSC. He is the current Lead of the Environmental Practice Group of Mackrell International, the recipient of a 2014 Chambers award for leading global legal network. He was the Chair of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee for the South Robertson Neighborhoods Council from 2008-2010 (City of Los Angeles), and is a co-author of California’s Coalition for Adequate School Housing (“CASH”) 2009 Environmental Mitigation Handbook. Mr. Bergman regularly speaks and writes on environmental and land use issues. Mr. Bergman was named a 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 “Southern California Rising Star” by the Super Lawyers magazine and was selected as an Associate Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. View Attachment