Through his nearly 30 years working with clients to protect their interests and mitigate their exposure to risk, Dan used his practical knowledge to advance development, manufacturing, transactional and remediation projects. Dan advised clients on natural resource, waste management and reporting obligations. He also managed PRP groups and members of groups at waste sites and during litigation, under waste cleanup laws. His clients included electric utilities, manufacturers, mining companies, equity investors, lenders and municipalities.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 1988

BA, The College of William & Mary, 1984

• Represents PRPs in CERCLA cost recovery, contribution and natural resource damage litigation.
• Represents group of electric utilities at NPL site on east coast estuary; achieved successful results in administrative, federal district court and bankruptcy court proceedings.
• Represents corporations, utilities and small businesses in CERCLA and RCRA administrative matters.
• Advises corporations and small businesses on compliance issues arising under federal, state and local environmental laws.
• Negotiated settlements of CERCLA liability, including de minimis settlements, at more than 200 sites.
• Represented multi-national mining and manufacturing company in environmental litigation and at Superfund sites throughout the United States.
• Represented chemical manufacturer in litigation over cleanup and natural resource damages for a century of alleged releases to an urban lake.
• Negotiates contractual terms and conditions and oversees due diligence in business and real estate transactions.
• Conducted environmental compliance audits at numerous manufacturing facilities.
• Experience with document management issues in litigation, including retention, collection, production and spoliation.

• Member, American Bar Association, Sections of Environment, Energy, & Resources Law and Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
• Member, Virginia State Bar, Environmental and Administrative Law Sections
• Member, Virginia Bar Association, Environmental and Administrative Law Sections
• Admitted to Practice: US Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and DC Circuit, US District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia and Western District of Pennsylvania

• 2017 Chambers USA Environment Law Firm of the Year
• Recognized as a Leader in Environmental Law, Virginia, Chambers USA, 2015-2017

• Protecting Privilege, Recognizing the Risks of Criminal Liability and Reaping the Benefits of EPA's Audit Policy, Virginia Lawyer
• Core Functions and Cooperative Federalism at the EPA, Law360
• Chapter on Virginia law in Matthew Bender's Environmental Law Practice Guide
• Outline of RCRA/CERCLA Enforcement Issues and Holdings, Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter