About
Chris Neumann counsels clients in the natural gas, petroleum, mining, construction, retail, home building, solid and hazardous waste, and other industries on a wide variety of litigation, environmental, and real estate matters. He represents clients in internal investigations following spills, pipe failures and other environmental incidents, and defends them in civil, criminal and administrative enforcement actions by USEPA, states, tribes, local governments and citizen groups. He also advises on litigation, enforcement, auditing and compliance matters under numerous federal, state and tribal environmental laws.
Practice areas
Environmental LitigationCommercial LitigationNatural ResourcesReal Estate
Office
Expertise
Internal investigations of environmental incidentsDefense of civil, criminal and administrative environmental enforcement mattersSuperfund and other complex environmental litigationCommercial litigation involving oil and gas, mining, construction and engineering mattersReal estate acquisition and environmental aspects of business transactionsEnvironmental compliance and rulemaking mattersEnvironmental policy and governmental affairs mattersGlobal Energy & Infrastructure
Education
- J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School, 1998
- Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law
- B.S., Engineering and Environmental Science (Civil Engineering), University of Notre Dame, 1995
Languages
EnglishSpanish