Overview
Todd R. Wiener represents clients on all aspects of environmental law and toxic tort litigation. He has significant experience in administrative enforcement proceedings and litigation arising under all major federal environmental laws, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and corresponding state laws.
Todd regularly represents purchasers, sellers and lenders with respect to environmental and OSHA issues in mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and secured lending transactions. He also advises and represents industrial companies on compliance matters and in enforcement proceedings before federal and state agencies.
Results
- Represents defendants in mass tort litigation involving asbestos exposure and contaminated groundwater
- Acts as national counsel for a manufacturer of construction products on asbestos matters
- Represents an auto parts manufacturer on asbestos matters
- Represents defendants in class actions and multi-party actions in Illinois, Michigan and Mississippi on contaminated groundwater litigation
- Represents owners, operators and generators in federal and state Superfund proceedings and in cleanups performed pursuant to state brownfields statutes
Recognitions
Community
- American Bar Association
Credentials
Education
Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude, 1986
University of Cincinnati, BA, summa cum laude, 1983
Admissions
Illinois
