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James A. Lastowka is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Washington, D.C. office and is a member of the Firm’s OSHA, MSHA & Catastrophe Response Group. Jim has practiced exclusively in the field of occupational safety and health for close to 30 years. He is a recognized authority on OSHA and MSHA law and has a nationwide safety and health practice.
Jim’s practice includes responding onsite to catastrophic industrial and construction workplace accidents, including explosions, chemical releases and collapses of tunnels, scaffolds, and other structures, conducting internal investigations of fatal and other workplace accidents, managing investigations by OSHA, MSHA, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), EPA, and ATF, as well as by state and local regulatory and law enforcement agencies, and structuring industrial hygiene surveys or other exposure assessments regarding potential employee exposures to toxic chemicals or mold. In addition, Jim’s practice includes providing compliance counseling, conducting safety and health audits and due diligence reviews, handling the full range of OSHA and MSHA litigation, including appeals of citations, penalties and withdrawal orders, investigating and defending discrimination and whistleblower complaints, and participating in rule making proceedings.
Jim is a member of the American Bar Association, including its Labor and Employment Law Section, Occupational Safety and Health Law committee, and its Forum on the Construction Industry. He is a frequent speaker on managing responses to workplace catastrophes, conducting accident investigations, and OSHA and MSHA issues.
Jim is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania.
Education:
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1976
Syracuse University, B.A. (with honors), 1973 | 