Texas Environmental Law Attorneys

Toxic tort lawsuits, ground contamination litigation

Several state and federal statutes protect the environment—air, land and water.  The law often gives individuals and groups the right to bring legal actions to enforce the protections or demand revisions of private and public activity that may have detrimental effects on the environment.  In addition, individuals who suffer personal injuries or property loss> because of negligence or violation of the statutes may have the right to sue for damages.  Texas environmental law attorneys at White-Shaver can help you wade through the legal minefields of such claims, often referred to as toxic torts.  We can advise you of your rights under various statutes of limitation, the doctrine of legal standing to sue, comparative negligence, immunity, and the laws of contribution or indemnity.

White-Shaver has an extensive environmental law practice, including all aspects of environmental regulation and litigation.  The firm's environmental clients come from all industries.  We cover matters such as:

• compliance counseling
• enforcement defense
• permitting, licensing and registration application and hearings
• audits and transactional issues
• allocation of environmental risk
• litigation of air, soil, surface water, groundwater and underground contamination

Toxic Tort Lawsuits

White-Shaver has significant experience in the toxic tort lawsuits.  The firm has handled cases with thousands of claimants per case and thousands of cases per client.  The firm's experience over the last three decades has enabled it to build significant data base systems that are capable of efficiently managing large dockets with thousands of claimants and hundreds of defendants.  The firm successfully manages litigation on a regional basis for several national corporations involved in asbestos, silica, chemical exposure, and welding rod litigation.  Our clients' products include:

White-Shaver serves as Texas counsel to more than 15 national corporations in toxic tort litigation and has an active statewide docket.  Our attorneys are frequent trial counsel in many states other than Texas for several environmental and toxic tort clients.  Contact the Texas law firm of White-Shaver to see how we can effectively and efficiently resolve your environmental or toxic tort problem.

Texas commercial lawyers at White-Shaver PC are dedicated advocates for their clients in the areas of commercial litigation, environmental law and toxic tort litigation, insurance defense, transactional law, intellectual property and trade secret litigation, mediation and alternate dispute resolution, and appellate law. With offices in Dallas, Houston and Tyler, they are conveniently located to serve Texas and surrounding states.