Environmental Law

Denver, Colorado

When the Summitville gold mine in the San Juan mountains of southwestern Colorado was involved in the largest federal criminal environmental prosecution in Colorado history, Rick Kornfeld represented the mine manager.

Recht & Kornfeld has tried numerous cases involving state and federal environmental regulations, and the firm's attorneys are well versed in the operating procedures of the federal prosecutors and agents who enforce environmental law.

  Areas of specialty include:

• Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act prosecutions
  
• Environmental regulatory enforcement issues
  
• Advising corporations and individuals regarding self-reporting of environmental misfeasance
  
• Representing outfitters and individuals in criminal wildlife prosecutions

Representative cases include:

• Represented an employee of an asbestos removal company in a federal Clean Air Act prosecution involving the Fort Morgan, Colorado school district
  
• Represented numerous individuals and outfitters in Lacey Act prosecutions initiated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Colorado Division of Wildlife
  
• Represented business owners in federal and state prosecution for violation of the Clean Water Act
  
• Represented executives of a large U.S.-based mining company in connection with an international environmental criminal investigation
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If you are in need of an experienced environmental attorney, please email or call Recht & Kornfeld today.