Practice Areas - Environmental
- Regulatory
- Litigation/Trial Practice
- Energy
- Real Estate
- International
- India
| - Transactions and Corporate Matters
- Toxic Tort and Property Damage Litigation
- Remediation and Brownfields Developments
- Environmental Litigation
- Climate Change and Corporate Sustainability
- U.S. Inbound Investment
- Environmental Permitting, Regulatory Counseling and Compliance
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 713-547-2229
Fax: 713-236-5570
http://www.haynesboone.com/John_Eldridge/
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| University | Rice University, B.A., 1975 |
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| Law School | University of Texas, J.D., 1980 |
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| Admitted | 1980, District of Columbia; 1987, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Tenth Circuits; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas |
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| Born | Coral Gables, Florida |
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| ISLN | 907626495 |
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| Transactions | Won a five-week trial in a multiparty contamination case. Successfully argued Fifth Circuit appeal of a CERCLA statute of limitations ruling. Advised a European client regarding major steel manufacturing acquisition. Represented an Asian buyer of a U.S. chemical company. Won summary judgment in a multiple-party nuisance/trespass action in Atlanta, Georgia. Won a jury trial involving a shopping center in Houston contaminated with dry cleaning solvents. Negotiated complex indemnity and cleanup agreement with the City of Houston involving a contaminated maintenance facility, allowing a multi-million dollar real estate acquisition to proceed. Defended and resolved toxic tort suit involving 1,300 plaintiffs. Won summary judgment on behalf of major international oil company involving pollution claims by successor owner of a refinery in East Texas. Assisted several companies by performing internal investigations of alleged criminal violations. Evaluated and negotiated around environmental risks associated with several $100+ million IPOs involving industrial and pipeline properties (representing issuers and underwriters). Obtained risk based closure certificate for large contaminated Houston industrial plant, allowing multi-million dollar asset sale by bankruptcy trustee. Assisted client in obtaining waste permits and remediation contracts in Mexico. Renegotiated the environmental responsibilities stemming from a major refinery and chemical plant transaction. Represented a major herbicide manufacturer in a West Coast arbitration. Developed environmental policies for a major Australian company's U.S. operations. |
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