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Ms. Gale's practice focuses on environmental compliance and regulatory issues as well as environmental litigation. She also has experience with toxic tort defense.
Prior to joining Dykema, Ms. Gale was an environmental associate with Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP.
Experience
Environmental litigation, environmental due diligence in transactional setting, environmental compliance/regulatory advice, toxic tort defense.
Ms. Gale's representative matters include:
Environmental Litigation
Representation of aggregate company in citizen nuisance action before Illinois Pollution Control Board.
Defense of nuisance action (odor complaints) brought by Attorney General associated with livestock operations.
Environmental Issues in Transactions
Conduct environmental due diligence in both acquisitions and divestitures, representing purchasers, sellers, and lenders.
Representation of seller in divesting business, including creation of escrows and post-closing remediation.
Toxic Tort Litigation
Defense of ethylene oxide manufacturer and parent company in multi-plaintiff and multi-defendant suits brought by current and former hospital employees alleging personal injuries caused by exposure to the medical instrument sterilant containing ethylene oxide, resolved by favorable rulings on motions for summary judgment.
Management and defense of approximately six suits on behalf of gas utility, each involving multiple plaintiffs, alleging personal injuries and property damages caused by exposure to elemental mercury.
Publications
Co-author of chapter supplement. Percy L. Angelo and Michelle A. Gale, Pollution Control Board Procedures and the Board's New Rules, in Environmental Law In Illinois, IICLE Practice Handbook §2S (Richard F. Bulger ed., Supp. 2004)
Professional Associations
American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources; Public Service Vice Chair of Smart Growth and Urban Policy Committee
Illinois State Bar Association.
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