Steven J. Levine
Senior Partner
Steve Levine practices in the area of litigation with a focus on environmental counseling. He has wide experience in environmental litigation arising from enforcement, toxic tort and business-related claims. As a significant part of these engagements, he works closely with experts in a variety of professional fields. He routinely interacts with the Environmental Protection Agency in several regions and state environmental regulatory agencies in several states in matters relating to litigation, permitting, compliance orders and penalty orders. Additionally, he counsels lending and real estate institutions on such matters as environmental assessments, contractual arrangements and wetlands issues.
Steve’s practice serves the petrochemical industry, the transportation industry, the banking and real estate sectors, the power generation sector and other industry business sectors.
Experience
- Toxic tort litigation and environmental regulatory work involving PCB and chlorinated solvent impacts in Mississippi.
- Toxic tort litigation and environmental regulatory work involving claims against landfills in the Florida Panhandle.
- Defense of environmental consulting companies in Ohio, Florida, and Louisiana.
- Multimedia assessment and remediation work at sites in Ohio, Kansas, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, California, Indiana, Wyoming, Maryland, and Kentucky.
- Counseling and consultation on claims arising from contamination of fuel oil with PCBs in the Mid-Atlantic area.