Eric is respected for his business-minded approach to environmental compliance and risk management. Eric has 30 years of experience advising clients on compliance matters, managing environmental aspects of business transactions, and litigating a wide range of environmental matters, including defense of enforcement actions, challenges to environmental permits, contractual disputes regarding environmental indemnities, challenges to administrative rulemakings and actions for recovery and allocation of costs for environmental cleanups.

Eric's practice encompasses all major environmental regulatory programs, including the Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), CERCLA, RCRA, NEPA, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and other resource and wildlife protection laws.

Eric has litigated cases in numerous federal and state courts across the country and is admitted to practice before the US Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Eighth, DC and Federal Circuits and the US Supreme Court. He has argued appeals before the Third, Fourth and Eighth Circuits.

A significant portion of Eric's practice involves advising clients on environmental risks in connection with complex business transactions and major development projects.
His work involves identifying environmental compliance requirements and environmental risks and developing creative approaches to managing these issues to ensure they do not become impediments to completing the transaction.

Eric's extensive experience in both litigation and transactional matters gives him insight into client needs, allowing him to balance their business objectives with practical aspects of the case at hand.

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Education
JD, Duke University School of Law, with honors, Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal, 1985

AB, Princeton University, cum laude, 1982