Kevin J. Bruno has 25 years of experience in complex commercial litigation, concentrating his practice in environmental, mass tort, products and insurance recovery litigation.
Mr. Bruno's experience includes:
· Defending clients in mass tort litigation, including lawsuits relating to alleged exposure to products, chemicals and/or alleged hazardous materials
· Defending clients against lawsuits and criminal investigations brought by the government pursuant to State and Federal environmental programs, including CERCLA, RCRA and TSCA
· Representing clients in connection with private party cost recovery actions, alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and internal environmental audits and investigations
· Representing policyholders in State and Federal courts in some of the largest, most complex environmental insurance coverage litigations, as well as policyholders in their pursuit of insurance coverage for products, intellectual property and director & officer liability losses
· Counseling and representing clients in products liability litigation, often times in connection with efforts to obtain insurance coverage for the defense of such claims
Mr. Bruno is recognized in Chambers USA as a leading lawyer in environmental litigation. Chambers states "Kevin Bruno of Blank Rome LLP earns solid recommendations for guiding clients through regulatory investigations, cost recovery actions and environmental insurance coverage disputes." Mr. Bruno is listed in the International Who's Who of Environmental Lawyers. He was also selected to the BTI Client Service All-Stars, a listing of 113 attorneys based on interviews of more than 250 in-house corporate counsel at large and Fortune 100 companies.
Mr. Bruno has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Before joining Blank Rome, Mr. Bruno was a founding member of Robertson, Freilich, Bruno & Cohen, LLC (1999-2009). Prior to that, he was an associate and member of Hannoch Weisman, PC (1984-1999), and one of the original members of its Environmental Department.
He served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Nicholas Scalera, Assignment Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County (1983-1984).
Mr. Bruno has been appointed to several Leadership positions within the American Bar Association (ABA). In August 2011, he was appointed as a member of the Section of Litigation's oversight Advance Planning Leadership Committee. From August 2008 to August 2011 he served as Chair of the Environmental Litigation Committee of the Section of Litigation. In August 2009, he was appointed and continues to serve as the Section of Litigation's liaison to the ABA's Standing Committee on Environmental Law. These appointments are in recognition of his earned reputation as one of the nation's leading environmental litigation attorneys.
Mr. Bruno is also an adjunct professor of environmental law at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Representative Matters
· Mr. Bruno is currently defending one of the world's largest oil refineries in what are, collectively, two of the most significant mass tort actions pending in this nation.
· Mr. Bruno is currently defending a global chemical manufacturer in national multi-district litigation relating to alleged contamination of groundwater in numerous States, cities and US territories.
· Mr. Bruno represents one of the nation's largest global logistics and transportation companies in all environmental and insurance-related claims and litigation.
· On behalf of one of the nation's largest media conglomerates, Mr. Bruno successfully pursued insurance coverage against 85 insurance companies under 580 policies for environmental liabilities, throughout the United States.
· On behalf of one of the nation's largest manufacturers of bedding products, Mr. Bruno successfully represented the client in a private cost recovery action initiated under CERCLA, and a separate insurance recovery action.
· Mr. Bruno represented the alleged successors to the United States Radium Corporation in nearly 15 years of litigation and trials relating to radium-sourced products and tailings. These matters included mass tort, products liability and property damage claims, as well as environmental claims asserted by USEPA and USNRC.
· On behalf of a manufacturer of latex gloves, Mr. Bruno successfully pursued insurance coverage for hundreds of products liability claims throughout the US. He also assisted the client and defense counsel regarding a comprehensive settlement of all products-related claims.
· Mr. Bruno successfully pursued insurance coverage for a major New Jersey hospital, as well as its officers and directors, for dozens of lawsuits arising out of the hospital's employment of a nurse who later confessed to the murder and attempted murder of patients at numerous health care facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Memberships
American Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
Essex County Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
Recognition
CHAMBERS USA 2011 RECOGNIZES MORE BLANK ROME ATTORNEYS AND PRACTICES
[Ranking]
June 10, 2011
Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., Thomas E. Biron, Fred Blume, Kevin J. Bruno, David W. Carickhoff, Sara L. Chenetz, et al.
Events
3RD ANNUAL SIGNIFICANT LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING THE CHEMICAL, OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIES
[Event]
Houston, TX and Philadelphia, PA
December 7 and December 13, 2011
Kevin J. Bruno, Francis E. Dehel, Heather L. Demirjian, Jeanne M. Grasso, Margaret Anne Hill, Jay P. Lessler, et al.
6TH ANNUAL EMERGING ISSUES FOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL
[Event]
The Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Friday, October 29, 2010
Grand Hyatt New York
November 12, 2010
Jerry D. Bernstein, Kevin J. Bruno, Lisa Casey Spaniel, Scott F. Cooper, Jennifer Hale Eagland, Lawrence A. Gross, et al.
THE OBSTACLES AND PITFALLS TO NEW JERSEY'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LSRP PROGRAM
[Event]
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation Regional CLE Workshop
Seton Hall Law School, Newark, NJ
October 27, 2010
Kevin J. Bruno
Publications
SUPREME COURT ISSUES STUNNING REBUKE TO EPA ENFORCEMENT PRACTICE
[Alert]
Environmental
March 2012 (No. 2)
Heather L. Demirjian, Margaret Anne Hill, Kevin J. Bruno and Benjamin G. Stonelake
U.S. EPA ISSUES LONG-AWAITED FINAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR PERC, CLASSIFIES IT AS A "LIKELY HUMAN CARCINOGEN"
[Alert]
Environmental
February 2012 (No. 1)
Kevin J. Bruno, John J. DiChello, Jr. and Margaret Anne Hill
THIRD CIRCUIT HOLDS THAT FAILING TO PRODUCE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS IN DISCOVERY CAN BE CONSIDERED SPOLIATION
[Alert]
Corporate Litigation Alert
January 2012 (No. 1)
Kevin J. Bruno, Edward W. Chang and James V. Masella III
PA. PUC ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE NIXES PUBLIC UTILITY STATUS FOR MIDSTREAM OPERATORS
[Alert]
Marcellus Shale Alert
December 2010 (No. 1)
Kevin J. Bruno, Ernest W. Chung, Nicholas A. Giannasca, Mark S. Greenfield, Margaret Anne Hill, Christopher A. Lewis, et al.
INSUREDS' LAWYERS SEEK END TO SPLIT DUTY TO DEFEND DOCTRINE
[Article]
New Jersey Law Journal
June 2007
Kevin J. Bruno
News
BLANK ROME HOSTS PROGRAM ON LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING THE CHEMICAL, OIL & GAS INDUSTRIES IN PHILADELPHIA
[Press Release]
December 13, 2011
Kevin J. Bruno, Francis E. Dehel, Heather L. Demirjian, Jeanne M. Grasso, Margaret Anne Hill, Jay P. Lessler, et al.
BLANK ROME HOSTS PROGRAM ON LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING THE CHEMICAL, OIL & GAS INDUSTRIES IN HOUSTON
[Press Release]
December 7, 2011
Kevin J. Bruno, Francis E. Dehel, Jeanne M. Grasso, Margaret Anne Hill, Gregory F. Linsin, Mary Ann Mullaney, et al.
KEVIN J. BRUNO APPOINTED TO ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLE IN ABA SECTION OF LITIGATION
[Press Release]
November 30, 2011
Kevin J. Bruno
KEVIN BRUNO OFFERS ADVICE TO YOUNG LAWYERS IN "ASK A MENTOR" SECTION
[Media Coverage]
September 14, 2011
Kevin J. Bruno
KEVIN J. BRUNO APPOINTED TO ADVANCED PLANNING LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, ABA SECTION OF LITIGATION
[Press Release]
August 4, 2011
Kevin J. Bruno
KEVIN BRUNO'S Q&A WITH LAW360
[Media Coverage]
June 28, 2011
Kevin J. Bruno
KEVIN BRUNO MODERATES ABA PANEL ON NEW JERSEY'S SRRA/LSRP PROGRAM
[Press Release]
October 19, 2010
Kevin J. Bruno
ABA PANEL ON LEGAL ISSUES SURROUNDING THE GULF OIL CRISIS
[Press Release]
October 6, 2010
Jonathan K. Waldron and Kevin J. Bruno
KEVIN J. BRUNO APPOINTED CO-CHAIR OF THE ABA'S ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION COMMITTEE
[Press Release]
July 15, 2010
Kevin J. Bruno
KEVIN J. BRUNO BRINGS SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION EXPERIENCE TO THE FIRM
[Press Release]
February 3, 2010
Kevin J. Bruno
Cases and Deals
RYDER SYSTEM, INC. ACQUIRES TOTAL LOGISTIC CONTROL FOR $200M
[Deal]
December 31, 2010
Kevin J. Bruno, Peter Schnur, Shaun Snitman, Cory G. Jacobs, Arthur Bachman, Matthew J. Comisky, et al.
Ryder System, Inc. acquires Total Logistic Control for approximately $200 million.
$12.4 MILLION CONDEMNATION AWARD FOR JERSEY CITY PROPERTY
[Case]
August 19, 2010
Kevin J. Bruno, Bruce A. Eisenberg and Kevin R. Doherty
Blank Rome obtained a $12.4 million condemnation award in the Superior Court of New Jersey on behalf of our client, Edwin Siegel.