Peter S. Strassner

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Peter Strassner is the co-chair of Thompson Coburn's environmental practice group. He has more than 25 years of experience in environmental law and handles a wide range of environmental matters. Peter represents some of the country's leading companies in environmental matters, including CERCLA cost recovery litigation, groundwater and hazardous waste litigation, natural resource damages claims, criminal defense work, environmental permitting and regulatory matters, insurance coverage litigation, dispute resolution and compliance matters. He counsels and litigates on behalf of transportation concerns, mining companies, agribusinesses, chemical manufacturers, developers, banks and petroleum companies.

Peter is a former chairman of the Environmental and Conservation Law Committee of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. He is recognized for environmental law and/or environmental litigation in Best Lawyers in America®, Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers®, Super Lawyers® Corporate Counsel and Chambers USA. Super Lawyers® has listed him three times as one of the top 50 attorneys in St. Louis and twice as one of the top 100 lawyers in Missouri and Kansas. In 2010, he was inducted into the American College of Environmental lawyers as a fellow. Peter was named the 2012 Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year in St. Louis by Best Lawyers in America®. The same publication just recently named Peter the 2013 St. Louis Lawyer of the Year for Environmental Litigation.

Environmental Health and Safety Leaders Network: A Primary Organizer and Founder
The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis: Environmental and Conservation Law Committee
American Bar Association: Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law
The Missouri Bar: Environmental & Energy Law Committee; Former Reviewer, Missouri Environmental Law, Missouri Bar Deskbook (Superfund Chapter)
Illinois State Bar Association: Section on Environmental Law
Chemical Industry Council of Illinois
University of Missouri Engineering Extension: St. Louis Environmental Advisory Committee (1992-1997)

American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate: Member, Board of Directors (2002-2010)
American Heart Association, St. Louis Division: Chairman of the Board of Directors (2000-2002); Member of Board of Directors (1996-2010)
Recipient of the Arthur E. Strauss Award, St. Louis Heart Association’s Highest Honor: (2006)
Alumni Association Board-John Burroughs School: (2004-2010)
Youth Emergency Service: Past President, Board of Directors (1976-1977)

Bemis Company, Inc.

BNSF Railway Company

Bunge North America, Inc.

Covidien Ltd.

Crop Production Services, Inc.

ExxonMobil Coal USA, Inc.

Insituform Technologies, Inc.

International Specialty Products

ISP Minerals, Inc.

Laclede Gas Company

Lenette Realty and Investment Company

Mallinckrodt Inc.

Missouri Employees' State Retirement System

QuikTrip Corporation

TriStar Properties

US Bank, N.A.

Waterway Gas & Wash Company

Named "2013 St. Louis Litigation-Environmental Lawyer of the Year," The Best Lawyers in America® (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.)
Named "2012 Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year, St. Louis," The Best Lawyers in America®
Inducted as a Fellow, American College of Environmental Lawyers, 2010
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®: Environmental Law
Recognized by Chambers USA: and described as a "strong and savvy advocate for his clients"
Listed in Super Lawyers® Missouri and Kansas Edition and Corporate Counsel Edition: Recognized for Environmental Litigation; Named on multiple occasions as one of the top 50 lawyers in St. Louis and one of the top 100 attorneys in Missouri and Kansas
Recognized as one of the St. Louis area’s “top, up and coming attorneys”: St. Louis Business Journal
Former Chairman, Environmental and Conservation Law Committee, The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Co-Author, "Supreme Court Severely Limits Cost Recovery Options for Environmental Cleanups", Midwest In-House (January 2005)

Guest Lecturer, "Impact of U.S. Environmental Laws on Business", University of Missouri, St. Louis (2005, 2007)

Moderator, "Brownfield’s Panel", "Missouri Environmental Conference at the Lake", Osage Beach, Missouri (July 2001)

Speaker, "Environmental Insurance and Development Incentives", American Railway Development Association, San Diego, California (May 2001)

Speaker, "Environmental Data Resources, Inc.’s Spring 2000 Due Diligence at Dawn Seminar", St. Louis, Missouri (April 2000)

Speaker, "1999 Railroad Environmental Conference", sponsored by the Association of American Railroads and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (September 29, 1999)

Speaker, "RCRA Update/Alternative Cleanup Standards", Associated Industries of Missouri (1997)

Speaker, "Recent Developments in Environmental Law", Bankers’ Environmental Round Table (1996)

Lecturer, "Recent Developments in Environmental Law Impacting Lenders", Second Annual Bank Counsel Conference (1995)

Lecturer, "The Impact of Environmental Law on Lenders", video presentation, for Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. (1995)

Speaker, "The Impact of Environmental Laws on Business", for Rubin, Brown and Gornstein (1995)

Speaker, "Trends in Environmental Enforcement", Missouri Mining Industry Council (1993)

Speaker, "Program on Impact of Environmental Issues on Real Estate Transactions in Missouri", National Business Institute (1993)

Speaker, "Environmental Law Section", Missouri Bar Business Law Institute (1992)

Chair & Speaker, "Environmental Risk Management Panel", the Missouri Waste Coalition Conference (1990)

Organizer & Lecturer, "Seminar on Environmental Liability in Property Acquisition/Ownership", for the Home Builder's Association of Greater St. Louis, in cooperation with St. Louis Community College Center for Business, Industry and Labor

Panelist, "Illinois Responsible Property Transfer Act", The St. Clair County, Illinois Realtors Association Program

Organizer & Speaker, "Program on Stormwater Regulation", Associated Industries of Missouri (1992)

Organizer & Moderator, "Annual Environmental Law Update Seminar", Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (1992)

Moderator, "Program on Underground Storage Tank Liability", for the Environmental Law Committee of the St. Louis Metropolitan Bar Association

Speaker, "Program on Environmental Liability in Agricultural Transactions", American Agricultural Law Association Educational Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (1991)