Environmental law is a dynamic and rapidly-evolving discipline that affects nearly every business transaction and business operation at some level. Environmental matters have become a routine and often complex component of conducting business today. The attorneys in the Environmental Law Practice Group at Rhoades McKee counsel and represent clients regarding a broad spectrum of environmental issues on a regular basis. We have significant experience with environmental due diligence in business and real estate acquisitions and divestitures, permitting, regulatory compliance, litigation, Brownfield redevelopment, financing opportunities, and cleanups.

Our environmental attorneys represent real estate developers; manufacturers; lenders; municipal entities; small, medium and large businesses, including some publicly traded companies; brokers; and individuals.

Our environmental expertise includes the following subspecialties:

• Environmental due diligence associated with the purchase and sale of real estate and businesses, and leasing of real estate, including complex Baseline Environmental Assessments and Due Care Plans
• Environmental cleanup and remedial projects
• Litigation and enforcement actions regarding cleanup and compliance matters
• Financing opportunities for contaminated property, such as Brownfield redevelopment tax increment financing and single business tax credits
• Natural resource issues, including wetlands and inland lakes and streams permits and other land use issues
• Auditing of manufacturing operations to determine regulatory compliance, including auditing pursuant to Michigan’s environmental audit privilege and immunity law
• Underground storage tank system closures and upgrades, as well as cleanup and liability issues
• Asbestos compliance matters
• Environmental insurance claims
• Environmental permitting

The effective practice of environmental law involves other disciplines, such as real estate, condemnation, litigation, business and bankruptcy. Our environmental attorneys have experience in many of these complementary practice areas. As a full service law firm, Rhoades McKee also has numerous experts in each of these areas. The environmental law practice group utilizes these expert resources as necessary to offer an interdisciplinary approach to complete representation for our environmental clients.