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"One of the nation's premier plaintiffs' firms."
American Lawyer
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"Representing the best qualities of the plaintiffs' bar."
The National Law Journal
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"Their effective and caring advocacy for clients has earned Lieff Cabraser its first-class reputation."
The Daily Journal
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Super Lawyers Nationwide
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Practice Areas
Environmental Litigation
Safeguarding our environment
The discharge of toxic chemicals, dangerous pesticides, and hazardous materials into the environment can have a devastating effect on the health, livelihood, and property values of those in the vicinity. In the case of large scale oil spills, tens of thousands of persons living hundreds of miles away can be affected.
Environmental pollution may occur over an extended period -- such as the slow leakage of industrial pollutants into groundwater supplies used by communities for drinking water -- or swiftly and catastrophically from oil spills, transportation carrier accidents, and disasters at coal plants, refineries, and other industrial facilities.
Obtaining compensation for environmental damage
Lieff Cabraser possesses the expertise and financial resources to thoroughly investigate environmental cases and hold the defendants accountable. We have successfully prosecuted cases against many of the world’s most powerful corporations, obtaining compensation for families and property owners harmed by toxic environmental exposures.
Our notable successes include the Exxon Valdez Oil Disaster in which we served as co-counsel for thousands of fishermen, landowners, and others whose livelihoods were gravely harmed when the Exxon Valdez ran aground in March 1989, spilling 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska, and killing tens of thousands of wild creatures and fouling 1,300 miles of beaches and surface waters.
We are currently representing individuals, property owners, and business owners in litigation against BP (formerly British Petroleum) and the other companies involved in drilling at and explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. We also represent property owners affected by a spill of more than a billion gallons of coal fly ash at a coal plant in Eastern Tennessee.