Stephen Marsh is chair of the Environmental practice group and chair of the firm's E-Discovery Committee. Mr. Marsh specializes in hazardous waste and toxic tort litigation, including underground storage tanks, CERCLA, RCRA and cost recovery matters; Proposition 65; consumer product safety laws; insurance coverage counseling and litigation related to environmental claims; coordination of site assessments and remediation with consultants and regulatory agencies; stormwater compliance; Brownfields redevelopment; climate change issues; and advising businesses and property owners on these and related issues in connection with corporate and real estate purchasing, leasing and financing. Memberships American Bar Association - Environmental Litigation Committee. Conference of Delegates of California Bar Associations - Founding chair - Board of Directors. Inter-Pacific Bar Association - Environmental Committee - Chair - Environmental Law Committee. International Historic Aviation Search, Inc. - Board of Directors. Judge Pro Tem - San Diego Municipal Court, Small Claims. La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Association - Board of Directors. San Diego County Bar Association, Environmental Section. San Diego County Department of Environmental Health Technical Work Group on Burn Ash. San Diego Environmental Professionals Steering Committee. State Bar of California - Conference of Delegates - Chair - Executive Committee. U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego - Restoration Advisory Board. Recognition Martindale-Hubbell® AV Rating. Super Lawyers: Business Edition- 2011 - Environmental Litigation. San Diego Super Lawyers - Corporate Counsel -Most Recent Listing: 2009 - Environmental Litigation. San Diego Super Lawyers- Most Recent Listing: 2011 - Environmental Litigation. Military Lieutenant, U.S. Navy Naval Flight Officer, 1976-1981. Industries Energy & Regulatory Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technology Aviation Publications / Presentations Select Linked Articles 07 | 31 | 2009Lexology
California's Electronic Discovery Act Takes Effect; Parties Must Preserve Electronic Information 07 | 01 | 2005Legal e-Update
San Diego County Methane Ordinance Repealed Media Presence / Articles About Attorney / Attorney Contribution 09 | 13 | 2011Recognition
Thirty-Two Luce Forward Attorneys Named to 2011 Super Lawyers Business Edition 06 | 05 | 2011Recognition
Thirty Luce Forward Partners Named San Diego Super Lawyers 06 | 15 | 2010Recognition
Thirty Luce Forward Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers 06 | 17 | 2009Recognition
Thirty-Two Luce Forward Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers 09 | 25 | 2008Recognition
Thirty-Two Luce Forward Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel 05 | 19 | 2008Recognition
32 Luce Forward Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers - Five Attorneys Receive Top Honors 05 | 16 | 2008Appointment
Luce Forward Partner Elected Chair of the IPBA Environmental Law Committee 06 | 07 | 2007Recognition
34 Luce Forward Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers All Authored Works "California's Electronic Discovery Act Takes Effect; Parties Must Preserve Electronic Information" - Lexology- July 31, 2009. "Global Actions in Climate Change Law" - Instant Awareness (Boston: Aspatore Books) 2008. "Caveat Emptor: Arming a Purchaser on Foreign Soils" - IPBA Journal- March 2006. "San Diego County Methane Ordinance Repealed" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update- July 1, 2005. "Dealing With Environmental Laws: A Practical Approach" - Inside the Minds, The Art & Science of Environmental Law (Boston: Aspatore Books) 2004. Co-author: "Technology Uses Microbes to Neutralize Pollutants: Bioscience Remediation Options Remove Soil Contaminants" as part of its BIOSCIENCE SPECIAL REPORT, San Diego Business Journal- September 23, 2002. Co-author: "CERCLA Impacting Businesses, Property Owners" - San Diego Business Journal- April 29, 2002. "Chemical Treatment: Reporting Requirements for Toxic Release Inventory" - Los Angeles Daily Journal- December 11, 1998. "Some Standards May Ease for Petroleum Cleanup" - San Diego Business Journal, Vol. 18, No. 12 - March 24, 1997. "Petroleum Cleanup Standards May Be Eased" - Environmental Protection, Vol. 7, No. 10 - October 1996. "Laboratory Liability: Protecting Against Risk" - Environmental Testing and Analysis, Vol. 3, No. 6 - November/December 1994. "Closely Tied: The New Watchwords for Attorney Fees Recovery Under Superfund" - ABTL Report, Vol. II, No. 1 - November 1994. Co-author: "Weird Science: Standards for Environmental Evidence Are Evolving" - Los Angeles Daily Journal, Environmental Law Section - October 27, 1994. "Pollution Release Reporting: What You Don't Know Can Make You a Criminal" - San Diego Business Journal- January 31, 1994. "Procedural Implications of Daubert v. Merrell Dow: Will Junk Science Prevail?" - San Diego Trial Bar News, Vol. 16, Issue 7 - August/September 1993. "Form Complaints: Caveat Causator" - San Diego Trial Bar News, Vol. 15, Issue 7 - August/September 1992. "On the Meaning of Legal Opinions" - San Diego Trial Bar News, Vol. 15 - Issue 4, April 1992. "Venue Choices Expanded" - San Diego Trial Bar News, Vol. 14, Issue 8 - October 1991. "Sanctions for Bad Faith Tactics in Federal Court Litigation" San Diego Trial Bar News, Vol. 14, Issue 7 - August 1991. "Avoiding Pitfalls in Default Judgments" - San Diego Trial Bar News, Vol. 14, Issue 7 - August 1991. "Federal Jurisdiction: Can Insurers Remove?" - San Diego Trial Bar News, Vol. 14, Issue 3 - March 1991. "Not for Defendants Only: Demurrers (to Answers)" - San Diego Trial Bar News, Vol. 13, Issue 9 - November 1990. "Avoid Demurrers!" - San Diego Trial Bar News, Vol. 13, Issue 6 - June/July 1990. "The Tolling Provision of Code of Civil Procedure Section 351 is Declared Unconstitutional" - San Diego Trial Bar News, Vol. 13, Issue 4 - April 1990. Presentations Moderator: "Clean Development Mechanisms: After Copenhagen" - Inter-Pacific Bar Association 20th Annual Conference - May 2, 2010. Moderator: "Mergers & Acquisitions: Protecting Against Environmental Risk" - Inter-Pacific Bar Association - Manila, Philppines - May 2, 2009. Moderator: "Shipborne Pollutants: Potential Catastrophe on the Seas," Inter-Pacific Bar Association - Manila, Philppines - May 1, 2009. Speaker: SDEP Legislative Update - February/March 2009. Lecturer: Environmental Systems Program - UC San Diego - November 2008. Moderator: "Emissions Trading: We're Getting Warmer" - Inter-Pacific Bar Association - Los Angeles, California - April 29, 2008. Lecturer: "Annual Legislative Update" - San Diego Environmental Professionals - San Diego, California - February 12, 2008. Lecturer and Panelist: "China and the Kyoto Protocol - U.S. Greenhouse Gas Initiatives" - Inter-Pacific Bar Association - Beijing, China - April 23, 2007. Lecturer: "2007 Legislative Update - New Developments in Environmental Law" - San Diego County Bar Association - San Diego, California - April 13, 2007. Lecturer: "Annual Legislative Update" - San Diego Environmental Professionals - San Diego, California - February 13, 2007. Lecturer: "Caveat Emptor: Arming a Purchaser on Foreign Soils" - Inter-Pacific Bar Association - Nusa Dua, Indonesia - May 6, 2005. Lecturer and Panelist: "Current Issues in Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation in California" - Lorman Education Services - San Diego, California - August 27, 2004. Lecturer: "Brownfields Redevelopment: Opportunity vs. Risk" - The Association for Environmental Health and Sciences (AEHS) and the Navy's West Coast Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water - March 2001. Lecturer: "Superfund Update" - Association of Hazardous Materials Professionals - March 1999. Lecturer: "Obtaining Regulatory Closure of Free Product Site Using Risk Assessment" - Environmental Management and Technology Expo - Long Beach, California - November 17, 1998. Panelist: "Closure of Site With Free Product Using Risk Assessment - a San Diego Case Study" - Industrial Environmental Association (IEA) - November 13, 1997. Lecturer and Panelist: "Legal Perspectives and Considerations on the LLNL Report" - HAZMACON '97 - Santa Clara, California - April 22, 1997. Lecturer: "Environmental Law, Site Assessments and Why What You Don't Know Can Hurt You!" - UCSD Extension Phase I Environmental Site Assessments - January 1997. Panelist: "Case Closure: Redefining How Clean is Clean, Realistic groundwater use designation in El Cajon and its effect on LUST cleanup costs and property values" - El Cajon Chamber of Commerce - November 1996. Panelist: "How To Be An Expert Witness" - University of California at San Diego, October 1996. Panelist: "California and Federal Laws Affecting Petroleum Pollution" - Pacific Rim Environmental Conference, Air & Waste Management Association - San Francisco - 1995. Panelist: "Environmental Issues and Their Impact on Real Estate Values and Uses" - American Society of Appraisers (ASA) - 1994. Moderator: "Remedial Action Technology: What Is Getting Contaminated Sites Closed in San Diego County" - Industrial Environmental Association (IEA), Tenth Annual Environmental Compliance Conference - 1994. Panelist: "Environmental Legislation and Regulatory Developments: A Practitioner's Update" - University of California at San Diego - 1994. Panelist: "Environmental Disclosures and Reporting Requirements" - CLE International: Conference on Environmental Liability and Real Property Transactions - January 1994. Forum on Site Assessment and Mitigation - County of San Diego, Environmental Health Services - 1993 (Member, Burn Ash Characterization Technical Workgroup). Lecturer: Environmental Law Course, University of California at San Diego - 1993. Panelist: "Pollution and Other Exclusions," "Pre-Filing Coverage Litigation Issues," and "Occurrence and Trigger of Coverage" - Environmental Insurance Claims Seminar - San Diego County Bar Association, Environmental Law/Land Use Section - 1993. Moderator: "Optimization of Remediation System Design Using Interim System Operational Data" - Ninth Annual Industrial Environmental Association, Environmental Compliance Conference - 1993. Panelist: "Environmental Compliance, Now and in the Future" - Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Symposium on Creating Environmental Initiatives Within the D.O.D. Community - 1992. Panelist: "Lenders' Rights and Alternatives Relating to Hazardous Substances on Real Property" - San Diego County Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section - 1992. Lecturer: "Negotiating Cleanup Standards with Regulatory Agencies" - American Electronics Association: San Diego Council Legal Seminar - 1991. |