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Lawrence W. Falbe is a partner in the Real Estate and Environmental Practice groups. Larry's practice focuses on environmental defense and litigation, Brownfields issues and environmental compliance matters.
Larry has substantial litigation experience involving environmental issues, including CERCLA, hazardous waste, toxic torts, Clean Water and Clean Air Acts, underground storage tanks and nuclear fuel processing. He has represented clients involved in enforcement actions by federal, state and local authorities, and negotiated compliance programs, consent decrees and settlements.
Larry also has considerable experience handling Brownfields issues, including reviewing and analyzing Phase I and Phase II assessments to satisfy due diligence requirements, obtaining No Further Remediation Letters, evaluating the cost/benefit of transactions and advising clients on potential liability and remediation issues.
Larry has represented a large manufacturing company in connection with claims brought by the Illinois Attorney General and Illinois EPA related to alleged contamination of private drinking water wells; various industrial clients related to alleged toxic tort injuries; a municipality in defense of Clean Water Act claims concerning the city's operation of a trap shooting facility; and many former industrial property owners in connection with CERCLA claims and other environmental claims.
In General. Prior to joining the firm, Larry was a partner with Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP. He also worked with the U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Division and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Larry earned his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law and his bachelor's degree, cum laude, from Augustana College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. | 