Paul R. Thomson, Jr.

Experience

• Defense and crisis management of industrial facility in the wake of a multi-fatality explosion.
• Defense and crisis management of a national natural resources company when a slurry impoundment released several million gallons of material into a stream containing endangered species.
• Defense of municipality charged with the alleged criminal violation of RCRA including the development of community service project to offset the criminal fine.
• Defense of government contractor under the False Claims Act.
• Defense of construction company for alleged criminal violation of Disadvantaged Business Enterprise regulations.
• Defense of criminal violations of the Clean Water Act, and RCRA.
• Successfully represented numerous entities in Suspension and Debarment actions before EPA, Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Agriculture and USDOT.
• Defense of several mining corporations involving alleged criminal violations of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act.
• Represented large natural resources company in a Natural Resources Damage action.
• Represented buyer in negotiating the first Potential Purchaser Agreement involving an active RCRA correction site.
• Represented a large municipality in the first Audit Agreement entered into in EPA Region III.
• Represented various corporations in defending various civil violations of the Clean Air Act, RCRA, CERCLA and the Clean Water Act.
• Developed Environmental Management Systems, training programs and helped develop environmentally friendly processes for various corporate and municipal entities resulting in savings of time and money.