PFAS Litigation: Expert Depositions and Scientific Evidence

Mr. Brown’s practice focuses on environmental litigation, environmental regulation, product liability, toxic torts, ESG, and transactional due diligence. He represents clients throughout the full lifecycle of complex environmental and products liability litigations and regulatory matters. He has extensive experience addressing litigation and regulatory matters involving natural resource damages, contaminated sediments, and emerging chemicals of concern, particularly per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Mr. Brown has successfully defended claims in numerous federal and state courts across the country and also regularly counsels buyers, sellers, lenders, and underwriters on the full spectrum of environmental issues that may affect transactions.   

Dr. Pietari has more than 20 years of professional and academic experience in environmental remediation, the fate and transport of contaminants, the reconstruction of environmental releases to groundwater and sediments, and environmental forensics. She has evaluated the sources and fate and transport of emerging contaminants, such as PFAS and 1,2,3-trichloropropane (1,2,3-TCP); chlorinated solvents; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); petroleum hydrocarbons; and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Dr. Pietari's consulting assignments involve various environmental media, including soil, groundwater, and sediments, in settings from residential properties to urban mega-sites and industrial facilities, integrated steel mills, refineries, petroleum terminals, pharmaceutical manufacturing plants, agricultural chemical distribution facilities, and manufacturing sites. She has supported clients in identifying and evaluating sources of contaminants, including conducting investigations to identify sources of PFAS in stormwater and in consumer products and the associated manufacturing processes, and in developing strategies to replace PFAS-containing firefighting foams.

Mr. Schifrin is first and foremost a litigator. He is adept at synthesizing complex facts and legal argument in support of his clients. Mr. Schifrin brings these skills to bear in his practice of complex litigation across the country, handling pharmaceutical, products liability, and toxic tort matters. His practice also includes extensive work preparing and defending expert witnesses at deposition and trial. Mr. Schifrin has considerable experience preparing corporate witnesses in both their personal and representative capacities. He also has extensive experience managing corporate discovery issues, including the review and analysis of corporate documents to prepare strategic defenses to likely liability themes.