Despite laws to protect people and the environment, pollution and contaminants generated by companies that negligently handle their chemical waste still poison our air, soil, and water, placing people’s lives and livelihoods in jeopardy. Consequences of corporate misconduct include property damage and plummeting property values. Health hazards include cancer, birth defects, and disabilities.
Weitz & Luxenberg is a large and experienced law firm dedicated to holding accountable those responsible for causing these injuries and making wrongdoers pay compensation to their innocent victims.
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Weitz & Luxenberg is in the forefront of challenging groundwater and drinking water contamination in places such as Flint, Michigan, Hoosick Falls, New York, and elsewhere around the country.
We fight for the right to safe air across the country, including in communities such as Porter Ranch, California, where an uncontrolled gas well blowout released dangerous chemicals into the air.
Our expert environmental attorneys champion victims of earthquakes caused by wastewater injections of fluids from fracking activities in states such as Oklahoma.
Weitz & Luxenberg has over 100 attorneys ready to fight for you.
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Partner and Practice Group Co-Chair
Environmental Pollution
Robin L. Greenwald joined Weitz & Luxenberg in 2005 and has since led her team to several notable triumphs. Before joining the firm, she spent nearly 20 years prosecuting environmental violations for the U.S. Department of Justice. Over the years, Ms. Greenwald has developed multiple strategies to protect vulnerable environmental resources. She has represented public entities that are faced with the need to remove chemicals from drinking water caused by corporate polluters, and she has obtained relief for people who become sick or whose property is damaged because of avoidable industry pollution.
Partner and Practice Group Co-Chair
Environmental Pollution
James Bilsborrow is co-chair of our Environmental, Toxic Tort & Consumer Protection group, having joined the firm in 2011. Mr. Bilsborrow represents victims of environmental contamination, toxic exposure, and defective products in complex litigation nationwide. In addition, Mr. Bilsborrow represents farmers whose crops have been damaged by defective herbicides and other chemical applications. He also represents clients who have developed diseases from their exposure to toxic pesticides, such as people exposed to Roundup.
For a free consultation and more information about your legal options, please contact us today.
Pollution knows no boundaries. Weitz & Luxenberg works to help victims of environmental pollution in communities across the United States. We strive to help our clients and remove contamination to land, water and/or air in our communities, while obtaining all appropriate compensation for those who have been harmed by the pollution.
are at risk for man-made earthquakes Oklahoma and Texas have the largest populations exposed to human-induced earthquakes.(1)
were affected by the country’s worst oil spill. Our clients include clean-up workers, homeowners, fishermen, hotels, restaurants and other businesses.(2)
made firefighting foam that contaminated groundwater PFOS and PFOA chemicals from foam have been linked to cancer and other illnesses.
At Weitz & Luxenberg, we stand by our passionate belief that everyday people are as entitled to high-powered legal representation as big businesses. For more than three decades, our firm has fought for the victims of corporate negligence and greed, holding oil and gas firms; manufacturers of dangerous chemicals, products, and goods; and other large corporations accountable for their contamination of the environment.
After BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, spilling 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Weitz & Luxenberg secured a $7.8 billion settlement on behalf of fishermen, homeowners, and businesses.(3) (4)*
When tests showed Volkswagen had programmed its diesel vehicles to cheat on emissions tests, Weitz & Luxenberg was one of the first law firms to initiate a class action suit. The subsequent nationwide class action resulted in a $14.7-billion settlement.*
The cost of chemical waste disposal generated by companies creates the incentive to pollute — either they spend the money to dispose of the waste safely or they discharge it in an unsafe manner that contaminates the environment, including drinking water.
A company’s improper handling of its waste can result in the contamination of an entire town’s water supply. Oil spills into coastal waters can affect workers in the tourism and fishing industries. And man-made chemicals found in the environment can cause adverse health effects.
Economic impacts of environmental pollution are devastating; the health consequences can be deadly.
Weitz & Luxenberg is dedicated to guiding clients through the journey of seeking justice — from start to finish. Our firm’s credibility and commitment to our clients are a tremendous benefit in an otherwise daunting process. When considering legal action, choose the law firm with 30 years of expertise and client success stories.
Weitz & Luxenberg has a proven track record of successfully handling environmental litigations and securing landmark settlements for our clients.*
Settlement with BP in the Gulf Oil Spill litigation.
Settlement with oil firms in a water contamination suit.
Settlement with Volkswagen in emissions class actions.
You may be entitled to legal compensation. We would be honored to represent you.
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* While our past record doesn’t guarantee future success, it is something you may want to consider when evaluating our experience.
