How to Avoid Environmental Litigation: For the Non Professional

Product Description: How to Avoid Environmental Litigation - for the Non-Professional is a pragmatic book written for the novice that can also be useful to those with more experience. Environmental issues are described in an easy to understand manner. Yet, there is enough meat on the bone to satisfy those readers with more experience and the need to understand the legal and regulatory implications of owning, renting or leasing real estate.

This book presents the authors' practical advice in a format that both informs and teaches. The authors simplify environmental issues to make them seem like a walk in the park.

Buy This book if:

YOU OWN COMMERCIAL or INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, large or small, and suspect a tenant may have created an environmental problem for you;

YOU OWN A BUSINESS that generates or handles hazardous waste and want to be proactive about educating yourself and taking precautions for your employees and customers;

YOU'RE A TENANT, and you've gotten a call from your landlord, the EPA, or a state of local environmental regulator regarding environmental contamination; or,

YOU WANT HELP navigating the arcane insurance issues related to contamination, toxic or hazardous materials.

This book will help you ask the right questions to get the answers you need.

About the Author The authors know what they are talking about. Murray Sinclair is an attorney and Bart Sokolow is an environmental consultant and former UCLA professor of Environmental Science & Engineering. They have a combined 40 year track record of experience and knowledge that they bring to this book.

Prior to entering the practice of law, Murray Sinclair was the author of a prize-winning series of mystery novels (Tough Luck L.A., Only in L.A., and Goodbye L.A.). These hard-boiled fictional adventures, however, pale in comparison with the bizarre and fascinating cases he has handled as an environmental lawyer.

Mr. Sinclair graduated with honors in English from the University of California at Santa Barbara, obtaining his M.F.A. in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California, He has been an active member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, serving as Associate Editor of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Environmental Law Section Newsletter and as Editor-In-Chief in 1994-1995. Mr. Sinclair has also been Chairman of the Environmental Litigation & Insurance Committee of the L.A. County Bar Association Environmental Law. He has written and lectured on environmental litigation and environmental coverage issues for both private and public organizations.

Dr. Sokolow is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Registered Environmental Assessor. Dr. Sokolow has taught in the UCLA Environmental Sciences and Engineering Doctoral Program. He has published articles and spoken widely on a number of topics, including nuclear power, solar power, hydrocarbon fingerprinting, environmental forensics, and the rational use of EPA soil testing methodologies. He has been appointed to the Environmental Policy Review Board of the Los Angeles Unified School District.