Members of Perkins Coie's Environmental Litigation practice represent clients in some of the nation's most significant environmental litigation matters. Our team handles multiparty cleanup matters and permit challenges before trial courts, appellate courts, and administrative tribunals. 

Our environmental litigation experience includes: 

• Cost recovery, contribution, and natural resource damage actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and similar state statutes. 
• Permit challenges under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and other federal, state, and local environmental and land use laws. 
• Defense of criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement matters brought under federal and state environmental statutes. 
• Performance of confidential investigations in response to threatened criminal or civil prosecutions, whistleblower claims, and other concerns. 
• Litigation challenging regulations promulgated by federal and state agencies to implement environmental statutes. 
• Defense of citizen suits alleging violations of federal and state environmental statutes. 
• Toxic tort, nuisance, and property damage litigation. 
• Representation of policy holders in suits to obtain insurance coverage for environmental claims.