Practice Areas

We work with clients to resolve difficult environmental challenges. Those include achieving cost-effective compliance solutions, obtaining appropriate environmental permits, minimizing adverse outcomes in enforcement proceedings, and managing due diligence aspects of property sales and acquisitions.

We have assisted clients with:
• Compliance and enforcement under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, Superfund (CERCLA) and Community Right-to-Know (EPCRA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act, and the South Carolina Pollution Control Act
• Environmental permitting by state and federal regulators
• Litigation involving environmental permits, allegations of environmental violations, and citizen suits
• Environmental due diligence when buying or selling property

Regulations governing safety and health in the workplace are issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and adopted and enforced by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation in South Carolina.

We have assisted clients with:

• Investigation of workplace accidents
• Handling of OSHA inspections
• Negotiation and resolution of OSHA citations
• Representation at hearings to challenge OSHA citations
• Advice and counseling on compliance

Many of the requirements for businesses are imposed by regulations issued by administrative agencies. Challenges to the interpretation and enforcement of these regulations often must be brought before administrative tribunals, sometimes within the agencies themselves, before a party may go to court.

We have assisted clients with:

• Licensing and enforcement by professional licensing boards
• Administrative challenges to decisions of the Department of Employment and Workforce
• Appeals of agency decisions to the South Carolina Administrative Law Court