Litigation related to environmental contamination and toxins has grown at a rapid pace, as businesses come under greater scrutiny for their environmental practices and face potentially costly claims. Wilson Elser has been at the forefront of this development as a leading environmental defense firm in the United States. We are litigating in virtually all of the key environmental forums, including Texas, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, California, Florida, Illinois and Boston.
Our involvement in the area of environmental law and toxic torts began in the 1970s with the first asbestos and toxic chemical exposure claims and has developed into a comprehensive practice area in all aspects of environmental law and toxic tort, including asbestos, mold, chemical exposure, lead paint, heavy metals, and a variety of other toxic tort exposures. We are involved in the defense of parties and potentially responsible parties at numerous major dump sites throughout the United States. Our firm has developed experience in handling a pollution situation from spill to final cleanup, providing assistance and counseling with respect to the various federal, state and local requirements, pollution investigation, choice of cleanup plan, and actual restoration of the environment.
Recognizing a need for legal service in the prolific area of environmental and toxic tort litigation, Wilson Elser has made a long-term commitment to provide expert and quality legal service to our clients confronted with a complex and ever-changing body of law. For more than two decades, we have devoted substantial time and resources to becoming a respected leader in this field, with a large staff of attorneys, paralegals, law clerks and legal investigators comprising our environmental/toxic tort team all across the country. As environmental, pollution and toxic tort law grows more complex, we are committed to maintaining our unique ability to provide a broad range of services to insurers, their insureds and corporations faced with the most pressing legal and public policy issues today.
We are highly experienced in the area of coverage litigation. Wilson Elser has had significant victories on both the trial and appellate levels in many nationally important coverage disputes. We have written specialty insurance policies for clients eager to write the business, yet justifiably cautious that the policies survive careful scrutiny.
Our team is devoted to providing consistency in claims management, and our considerable resources enable us to efficiently handle the large volume of claims common to mass tort litigation. Our extensive brief bank links all of Wilson Elser's domestic and foreign offices to facilitate the efficient and cost-effective exchange of information. Our attorneys are frequent authors and lecturers on virtually all aspects of this area of the law.