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ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSULTING & CONTRACTING
Industry: Attorneys
The Reynolds Group’s (TRG) staff of experienced professionals, representing a wide-range of environmental disciplines, are capable of supporting attorneys and clients in all aspects of environmental litigation. TRG’s experts include registered professional engineers, geologists and biologists with expertise in source identification, remediation, contracting and financial analysis. TRG’s approach is to build, document, and reinforce technical and legal strategies clearly and forcefully, working closely with legal council. TRG provides theoretical and scientific expertise, combined with real world experience, which makes us uniquely qualified for this type of work.
TRG performs thorough analyses of scientific, engineering, financial and historical facts in developing litigation strategies. These analyses include graphical presentations of chemical and geological data on detailed site maps layered with historic uses, aerial photographs and subsurface features. TRG’s environmental experts provide effective guidance during trial preparation and decisive expert witness testimony at trial and in deposition. TRG’s experience includes cost of and schedule of cleanup, dimunition of value, third-party claims and settlements, insurance-related matters, reasonable value and contribution calculations.
For enforcement or regulatory agency actions, TRG participates in informational meetings and presentations to government and regulatory officials and if required the public. Our staff are skilled regulatory negotiators, who have successfully obtained site closures for hundreds of sites under the oversight of many state, county and city regulatory agencies. TRG’s litigation support specialties include: Environmental Chemistry and Engineering Forensics Data evaluation and management Environmental data visualization and Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping Expert witness in matter related to assessment, contamination,remediation Remediation and assessment cost estimation with years of real data as support.
TRG's litigation support specialites include:
* Environmental Chemistry and Engineering Forensics
* Data evaluation and management
* Environmental data visualization and Geographic Information System (GIS)
* Expert witness in matters related to assessment, contamination and remediation
* Remediation and assessment cost estimation with years of real data as support
TRG performs thorough analyses of scientific, engineering, financial and historical facts in developing litigation strategies. These analyses include graphical presentations of chemical and geological data on detailed site maps layered with historic uses, aerial photographs and subsurface features. TRG’s environmental experts provide effective guidance during trial preparation and decisive expert witness testimony at trial and in deposition. TRG’s experience includes cost of and schedule of cleanup, dimunition of value, third-party claims and settlements, insurance-related matters, reasonable value and contribution calculations.
For enforcement or regulatory agency actions, TRG participates in informational meetings and presentations to government and regulatory officials and if required the public. Our staff are skilled regulatory negotiators, who have successfully obtained site closures for hundreds of sites under the oversight of many state, county and city regulatory agencies. TRG’s litigation support specialties include: Environmental Chemistry and Engineering Forensics Data evaluation and management Environmental data visualization and Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping Expert witness in matter related to assessment, contamination,remediation Remediation and assessment cost estimation with years of real data as support.
TRG's litigation support specialites include:
* Environmental Chemistry and Engineering Forensics
* Data evaluation and management
* Environmental data visualization and Geographic Information System (GIS)
* Expert witness in matters related to assessment, contamination and remediation
* Remediation and assessment cost estimation with years of real data as support
BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT (TRG# 5946)
| Industry: | Attorneys Manufacturers Brownfield Industry Stakeholders |
Manager: | Not Assigned |
| Service: | Soil Remediation Regulatory Response & Negotiation Health Risk Assessments Groundwater Monitoring Site Assessment Groundwater Remediation |
Started: | 9/22/2006 |
| Client: | LAW OFFICE OF STAN RALLS | Completed: | On-Going |
| This Site contained a bowling alley, a former dry cleaner, and a former gasoline station that had been laying fallow and unused for nearly three decades. The Reynolds Group, the fourth consultant on this project, was able to finally move the project forward and assist a financial transaction that generated cash for the seller and a new asset for the buyer that will be redeveloped into a new retail center in a core area of the City of Long Beach. | |||
MAJOR RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER DEMINIMUS STATUS (TRG# 6782)
| Industry: | Attorneys Business Owners Drycleaners Real Estate Developers Real Estate Managers/owners |
Manager: | Gwen Tellegen |
| Service: | Usepa Superfund -- Responsible Party Representation Litigation Support Regulatory Response & Negotiation Health Risk Assessments Site Assessment |
Started: | 1/1/2004 |
| Client: | MAJOR CONFIDENTIAL RETAIL CENTER OWNER | Completed: | On-Going |
| This large Regional Shopping Center was a suspected contributor to a newly designated Superfund Area. The Reynolds Group provided site assessment and regional data review to establish and argue de minimus status. | |||
LA ALAMEDA REGIONAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT (TRG# 6805)
| Industry: | Attorneys Banks/real Estate Financiers & Investors City, County, State And Federal Agencies Real Estate Developers Manufacturers Real Estate Managers/owners Redevelopment Agencies |
Manager: | Gwen Tellegen |
| Service: | Real Estate Due Diligence And Transaction Support Soil Remediation Litigation Support Regulatory Response & Negotiation Health Risk Assessments Site Assessment Operations And Maintenance Of Remediation Systems Underground Storage Tank Removals |
Started: | 10/1/2005 |
| Client: | PRIMESTOR DEVELOPMENT | Completed: | 6/1/2007 |
| In a unique government-private partnership, TRG’s developer-client pursued development of a major regional retail center on a brownfield property in Los Angeles, CA, that had contained a Former Glass Manufacturing facility and other industries. | |||
LODI NEWS SENTINEL (TRG# 6273)
| Industry: | Drycleaners Manufacturers Redevelopment Agencies Attorneys Brownfield Industry Stakeholders |
Manager: | Gwen Tellegen |
| Service: | Litigation Support Health Risk Assessments |
Started: | 1/1/2003 |
| Client: | CASSEL MALM FAGUNDES LLP | Completed: | 11/30/2005 |
| The Reynolds Group was asked to provide expert consulting services related to this major case in the City of Lodi. This was one of the most prominent dry cleaner cases in the State of California in the last decade and involved a number of players including the City of Lodi, a local dry cleaner, TRG's client, and a host of other participants in this Federal matter. | |||