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Environmental Law

1617 W Leland Ave, Springfield, IL 62704

Claire A. Manning focuses her practice primarily in the fields of environment, energy, agriculture, natural resources, administrative and regulatory law, having had key legal roles in government prior to entering private practice in 2002, specifically as Chairman of the Illinois Pollution Control Board from 1993-2000 and as one of the original members of the Illinois Public Labor Board, 1984-1993. She has successfully represented her clients in federal and state courts throughout Illinois and before various administrative agencies, such as the Illinois Pollution Control Board, the Illinois and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois and U.S. Departments of Agriculture, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and the Illinois Department of Public Health. She counsels clients regarding specific laws and legislation, assisting them in making and implementing strategic business decisions related to permitting, licensing, regulatory compliance, due diligence, and court challenges to administrative authority or decision-making. Manning has been recognized as one of the top ten female lawyers in downstate Illinois, was profiled in a Leading Lawyer publication, and is recognized as such in the following areas of law: environment; agriculture; government, regulatory and administrative; and labor and employment law. She serves as co?chair of the Environmental and Energy Practice Committee of Meritas, an international association of law firms in which BHS is a member. Manning actively participates in the Illinois State Bar Association, having served as Chair of the Administrative Law Section Council, of the Women and Law Standing Committee, and of the Judicial Evaluation Committee for Downstate Judges. She has also served on the Environmental Law Section Council and the Agricultural Law Section Council and currently serves on the new Food Law Section Council. Manning currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Bar Foundation and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, the Land of Lincoln Legal Aid Association, and the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Upon appointment of the Illinois Supreme Court, she served as Chair of the Hearings Review Board of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, the appellate body hearing attorney discipline cases. In 2007 Manning received a Laureate Award from the Illinois bar, an honor bestowed on lawyers “who have established and maintained the highest principles of the profession as demonstrated by their pervasive record of service to the law and the public.”

Environmental Law

Two West Second Street, Suite 700, Tulsa, OK 74103-3117

Area of Practice: Mineral Law Dave Wulfers has represented small to medium sized companies in executive employment, corporate governance, shareholder/partner/member matters, matters involving confidentiality and matters involving digital forensics. He has also represented personal representatives in probate matters and trustees in trust administration matters. His practice has also included representation of individuals in preparation of and changes to their estate plans. He began practicing law in the oil and gas area, which included preparation of leasehold, drilling and division order title opinions, litigation regarding oil and gas well operations and litigation regarding natural gas contracts. In the 1990s, his practice evolved into representation of lenders in mortgage foreclosure matters, companies in the construction industry, including a local Tulsa construction company which turn keyed projects for major department store chains. In the 2000s, his practice expanded into representation of a local county assessor regarding litigation involving business personal property tax and representation of individuals before the Oklahoma Tax Commission. He has continued representing companies in business organization matters, as well as manufacturers and distributors of products used in the construction industry, matters involving digital forensics and individuals in estate planning matters.

Environmental Law

1386 WI-83, Hartford, WI 53027, USA

Don Gallo is a Environmental attorney. He has more than 28 years of legal experience and more than 40 years of experience specializing in environmental engineering. Mr. Gallo assists clients on a broad range of environmental issues. He has dealt with cases involving wetland and waterway permitting, air permitting, hazardous waste compliance, insurance remediation cost cap coverage, and transactional issues. Additionally, Mr. Gallo has been successful in assisting owners and developers by working with them on numerous brownfield development projects. He has also assisted clients in obtaining state and federal brownfield grants, zero-interest loan funding and often insurance coverage for environmental cleanup. Mr. Gallo’s experience also includes several hundred petroleum convenient stores, bulk plants and petroleum terminal cleanups; a total of 78 dry-cleaning solvent cleanups, 38 of which are DNR closed dry-cleaner sites; and many industrial cleanups, expansions, redevelopments, and environmental regulatory compliance.

Environmental Law

One State Street Plaza, c/o Douglas & London, New York, NY 10004

Gary J. Douglas is a nationally renowned trial attorney from New York, NY, and member of the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame, recognized around the nation as a trailblazer in the field of Products Liability and Environmental Toxic Torts. He has served as lead trial counsel in mass tort litigation resulting in settlements and verdicts totaling over $3 Billion. He has scored dozens of million and multi-million dollar verdicts in individual cases as well, including many landmark verdicts such as the first victory in the nation against the automobile industry for a defective airbag that killed a six-year-old boy. He followed that with the first victory in the history of the State of New York against the Tobacco Industry, securing a verdict of $20 Million for the death of a 58-year-old smoker. Most recently Mr. Douglas served as co-lead trial counsel for the first three PFAS/C8 cases ever tried to verdict winning multi million dollar verdicts in all three, culminating in a $670,000,000 global settlement with DuPont. He is the current co-chair of the AFFF MDL Science Committee and headed up the science day presentation on behalf of the MDL plaintiffs before Judge Gergel in Federal District Court in Charleston, South Carolina. Known for a wealth of courtroom experience and skills, Mr. Douglas is frequently asked to serve as co-counsel in complex trial cases and has been appointed to serve in key positions in federal multi-district litigations, including recently his appointments as co-chair of the science committee in the Federal court litigations for the drugs Yaz/Yasmin/Ocella, Pradaxa, and Xarelto where he coordinated, managed and developed scientific and medical evidence to support theories of liability and causation. Because of his skills in developing the science and key liability in complex pharmaceutical and environmental toxic tort litigations, he has been asked to serve as co-lead counsel in many of these trials. He has served as co-lead or lead trial counsel in the following cases: Fosamax, Ortho Evra, Yaz, Pradaxa, and C-8/PFAS. Notably, and because of his significant contribution, the Yaz and Pradaxa litigations have already settled for over $2 billion and $650 million respectively; he secured the first and largest Fosamax jury verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Douglas achieved unique notoriety in 2010 within the pharmaceutical litigation industry when in the span of just a few weeks he obtained back-to-back $8 million dollar verdicts against two separate pharmaceutical industry giants in totally separate cases. In the first, a jury returned a verdict of $8.5 million dollars in a wrongful death case against Ethicon Endo Surgery, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, after finding that its stomach stapler was defective and the caused death of a 36-year man. A few weeks later, a Federal Court jury returned a verdict of $8 million dollars in a products liability case against Merck & Co. to a woman for injuries she sustained to her jaw as a result of its osteoporosis drug Fosamax. Notably, this was the first successful Fosamax trial in the country. Mr. Douglas has been quoted in the news for his outstanding verdicts and has appeared on local and national television including ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC News, CBS News, Fox News and others. Mr. Douglas is also the recipient of the prestigious Clarence Darrow Award in recognition of his skills as a trial attorney, his philanthropic record, professionalism and dedication to the pursuit of Justice. Born in Brooklyn, New York Mr. Douglas is admitted and licensed to practice law in the States of New York and Pennsylvania and is admitted to practice in both the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, as well as having pro hac vice status in dozens of State and Federal Courts around the country. Mr. Douglas obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the State University at Albany and obtained his Juris Doctor Degree from The Jacob Fuchsberg Law Center of Touro College in New York. He is an active member in numerous legal associations, including New York State Trial Lawyers (NYSTLA) and the America Association of Justice (f/k/a the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). Mr. Douglas is a former partner and senior trial attorney at Finz & Finz where he represented injured plaintiffs. Mr. Douglas began his legal career and honed his trial skills at the nationally acclaimed Wall Street defense firm of Leahey & Johnson. In 2018, Mr. Douglas was inducted to the National Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame in recognition of his distinguished career dedicated to representing the rights of the injured. Mr. Douglas continues to focus on fighting for the rights of those persons injured by defective products, medical malpractice, and general negligence. He is a court-room fighter who is always ready to take on the giant corporation and give voice to the little people.

Environmental Law

600 Travis St, Houston, TX 77002, USA

Gerry Pels, Chair of the Firm-wide Environmental Section - Energy and Industrial, has been one of the leaders of the Texas environmental legal community for over 30 years. His diverse practice focuses on the areas of environmental compliance, counseling, and litigation. During his career, Gerry has consistently led teams working on cutting edge matters of environmental law, including resolving the well-known Cooper v. Aviall litigation and arguing Clean Air Act issues before the 5th Circuit in litigation involving the Texas SIP. Gerry has been consistently recognized in Chambers USA since 2004 as well as in The Best Lawyers in America for Environmental Law. He was also an adjunct law professor for seven years teaching both environmental law and an advanced RCRA seminar. Gerry's wide range of experience includes agency negotiations, assessing and counseling air, water, stormwater, and waste permit compliance, representing clients at contested permit, enforcement, and other hearings.