Ed has substantial experience in a wide range of complex lawsuits, most of which involve multi-party environmental litigation. His environmental work is national in scope and has primarily involved significant groundwater and air issues. Ed practices out of the firm's Chicago and St. Louis offices and is listed in Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America® (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.), and Super Lawyers®.
He has also handled a number of enforcement actions and substantial citizen suits. He has been involved in a number of insurance coverage disputes involving environmental claims. He has also handled a significant number of indoor air quality matters, most focusing on toxic mold issues. He has served as lead counsel on a number of Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, CERCLA, FIFRA and RCRA cases.
Ed has served as lead counsel on a number of lawsuits involving underground storage tanks. He has litigated matters involving the Missouri Air Conservation Commission, the Clean Water Commission, the Hazardous Waste Commission and the Illinois Pollution Control Board. His groundwater cases have run the gamut from chlorinated solvents to MTBE to nitrogen issues. He has also handled a number of toxic tort suits. Ed has also first and second chaired a wide range of cases involving contract disputes and ones with significant actual and punitive damages claims based on business and traditional tort allegations, in addition to a white collar criminal practice.