Jeffrey D. Dintzer is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Los Angeles office. He is a co-chair of the Environmental Litigation & Mass Tort practice group and a member of the Litigation Department. Mr. Dintzer focuses on litigation involving the environment and land use entitlements. He has significant experience in defending large toxic tort cases and class action litigation involving hundreds of plaintiffs. Mr. Dintzer also has significant experience in managing private cost recovery litigation in state and federal court. Mr. Dintzer has substantial trial experience in cases involving environmental claims.
Mr. Dintzer has extensive experience in the following areas:
ˇ Cost Recovery Actions under CERCLA, RCRA, and the State Equivalents
ˇ Mass and Toxic Tort Defense
ˇ CEQA Litigation and Land Use Disputes
ˇ Water Rights
ˇ Challenges to Agency Actions
Mr. Dintzer has written several articles and book chapters concerning a wide range of environmental issues, including co-authoring Cleanup Liability and Cost Recovery in Matthew Bender's reference California Environmental Law and Land Use Practice (1995).
Mr. Dintzer has been with the firm since 1989, following his graduation from Boston University School of Law, cum laude, and clerkship with U.S. District Chief Judge Alicemarie H. Stotler.
Recent Publications
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Review of Administrative Compliance Orders Issued by EPA Under the Clean Water Act, Client Alert, Mar 23, 2012
The EPA's $1.6B Step Back, Article, May 2, 2011
EPA's Proposed Emissions Standards for Coal and Oil-Fired Power Plants May Set the Stage for New Toxic Tort Litigation over Exposures to Hexavalent Chromium and Other Chemicals, Client Alert, May 2, 2011
Take It Easy on Fracking, Article, Mar 15, 2011
Recent Decision Unsettles EPA Practices, Article, Nov 8, 2010
California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) Proposes New, More Stringent, Drinking Water Standard for Hexavalent Chromium, Client Alert, Aug 21, 2009
Cleaning Up Their Act, Article, Aug 20, 2009
A Potentially Game-Changing Ruling on CERCLA Liability, Article, May 14, 2009
Supreme Court Decision Diminishes the Scope and Sting of CERCLA Liability for Some, Client Alert, May 6, 2009
The Intersection of CPISA and Wyeth, Article, May 6, 2009
Perchlorate Challenges Obama's Pledge to Give Primacy to Science at EPA, Article, May 4, 2009
Federal Court in District of Columbia Finds EPA's Administration of Section 106 of CERCLA Not a Violation of Due Process, Client Alert, Feb 6, 2009
Accounting for Climate Impacts Under the California Environmental Quality Act, Article, Jan 5, 2009
Precaution In Applying The Precautionary Principle, Article, Nov 26, 2008
U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico Affirms "But For" Test Is Required to Prove Causation in Toxic Tort Lawsuit, Client Alert, Nov 3, 2008
House Passes Bill to Impose Stricter Regulations on Consumer Products, Client Alert, Jul 31, 2008
CERCLA and Its "Yellow Brick Road" to Cleaning Up Hazardous Substances, Article, Jul 10, 2008
The Ninth Circuit Holds That Potentially Responsible Parties May Seek Cost Recovery Under Section 107(a) of CERCLA (Kotrous v. Bayer CropScience, Inc., et al.), Client Alert, Apr 21, 2008
From Pharmaceutical To Groundwater Contaminant: Perchlorate Gets A Raw Deal, Article, Oct 19, 2007
Perchlorate: Political Rocket Fuel, Article, Feb 28, 2007