Wactor & Wick LLP

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Wactor & Wick LLP provides experienced, successful and innovative representation and counseling to clients who seek efficient solutions to environmental issues. Our attorneys have over 60 years of combined experience handling environmental law issues in business deals, real estate development, litigation, appeals, administrative proceedings, permitting, and defense of regulatory enforcement actions.

Brownfields; Environmental Compliance; Environmental Cleanup; Environmental Insurance; Environmental Land Use; Environmental Real Estate; Environmental Risk Management; Real Estate Development; Industrial Real Estate Law; Corporate Real Estate; Property Remediation; Real Estate Development; Superfund; Hazardous Waste; Pollution (Air, Water and Waste); Natural Resources; Wetlands; Endangered Species; Permitting; Toxic Torts; Underground Tanks; Regulatory Defense; Litigation; Appeals; Administrative Litigation; Administrative Law; Administrative Agency Practice; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Federal Administrative Law; Public Law; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Industrial Real Estate Law; Retail Development; Shopping Center Acquisitions; Shopping Center Development; Shopping Center Law; Business Regulation; Business Torts; Limited Liability Company Law; Environmental Law; Air Pollution; Air Quality; Brownfields Redevelopment; California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); Chemical Regulation; Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Climate Change; Coastal Environmental Law; Endangered Species; Environmental Administrative Law; Environmental Arbitration; Environmental Auditing; Environmental Bankruptcy; Environmental Business Law; Environmental Class Actions; Environmental Cleanup; Environmental Compliance; Environmental Contamination; Environmental Corporate Law; Environmental Cost Recovery; Environmental Criminal Defense; Environmental Criminal Law; Environmental Diseases; Environmental Dispute Resolution; Environmental Due Diligence; Environmental Health and Safety; Environmental Insurance; Environmental Insurance Claims; Environmental Insurance Coverage; Environmental Legislative Practice; Environmental Lender Liability; Environmental Liability; Environmental Litigation; Environmental Mediation; Environmental Penalties; Environmental Permitting; Environmental Real Estate; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Reinsurance; Environmental Risk Management; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); Gas Pollution; Groundwater Contamination; Habitat Conservation; Hazardous Materials and Substances; Hazardous Materials Management; Hazardous Materials Transportation; Hazardous Waste; Hazardous Waste Liability; Hazardous Waste Management; Hazardous Waste Permits; Hazardous Waste Regulation; Indoor Air Quality; International Environmental Law; Medical Waste; National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material; Nuclear Waste; Oil Pollution; Oil Spills; Pesticide Regulation; Pollution; Property Remediation; Protected Species; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Sick Building Syndrome; Solid Waste; Solid Waste Disposal; Solid Waste Management; Solid Waste Regulation; Superfund; Toxic Chemicals; Toxic Substance Liability; Toxic Substance Regulation; Toxic Substances; Underground Storage Tanks; Water Pollution; Water Quality; Wetlands Protection; Wetlands Regulation; Wildlife Law; Natural Resources; Conservation Law; Geothermal Resources; International Mining Law; Land Reclamation; Mine Safety; Mineral Law; Mineral Leasing; Riparian Rights; Surface Mining; Water Law; Water Rights; Toxic Torts; Asbestos Defense; Asbestos Litigation; Chemical Exposure; Mold Litigation; Silicosis Litigation; Toxic Exposure; Toxic Tort Defense; Real Estate; Condominium Association Law; Easements; Historic Conservation Easements; Homeowners Association Law; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Land Trusts; Planned Unit Development Law; Property Management; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Contracts; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Development; Real Property Finance; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Development; Residential Real Estate Finance; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Residential Real Estate Sales; Right of Way Easements; Waterfront Development, Environmental Law.

Buyer Beware: Recent California Decision Limits Damages You May Recover
Annette N. Castro Stella, August 10, 2009, previously published by Environmental Law News, State Bar of California. on Summer 2009
The California Court of Appeal denied a property owner's claim for damages resulting from the inability to refinace a first trust deed against his contaminated land. The property owner brought a continuing nuisance action against the previous owners, alleging that they had polluted the property...

Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine Bulletin
Jon K. Wactor, May 8, 2009
The California Court of Appeal upheld a $2.5 million civil penalty for a tardy cleanup of an underground storage tank leak against two men who were officers, directors, and shareholders of a family company. People v. Roscoe, et al., C055801 (2008 WL 35378254, Dec. 26, 2008). The Court¿s...

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