This Thursday and Friday (June 22 and 23), Dentons' Washington, DC, office will be hosting "Environmental Litigation 2017: Navigating Complex Hazardous Substances and Toxic Tort Cases Under CERCLA, RCRA, and Common Law," an advanced ALI CLE course and live video webcast. Attendees will learn litigation strategies and gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between litigation practice, substantive environmental law and science.

Topics will include:

• What the Trump administration could mean for environmental enforcement and litigation
• State-initiated litigation and citizen suits
• Spoliation under amended Rule 37(e)
• Daubert challenges
• CERCLA made simple
• Consent orders, voluntary cleanup agreements and contribution protection
• Natural resources damages assessments

A highlight of the course will be mock hearings on discovery disputes and the authentication of key documents followed by a trial simulation featuring direct and cross-examination of an expert, all presided over by a federal magistrate judge.

An exceptional faculty has been assembled, including:

• Dentons partners Tami Lyn Azorsky and Christina Carroll senior counsel Hon. Ronald Hedges;
• Thomas Mariani and John Cruden, Chief and Former Assistant Attorney General, respectively, Environment and Natural Resources Division, US Department of Justice;
• Lemuel Srolovic, Chief, Environmental Protection Bureau, New York State Attorney General's Office;
• Hon. Craig Shaeffer, Magistrate Judge, District of Colorado;
• Nathan Epler, Ph.D., Principal Hydrogeologist, Roux Associates;
• Environmental litigators from Sive, Paget & Riesel, PC; Farell Braun + Maretl LLP, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Weitz & Luxenberg PC; Morrison & Foerster LLP, Hogan Lovells LLP and K&L Gates LLP, National Legal Scholars Law Firm PC and Earthjustice.

If you’re an environmental lawyer looking to win in administrative and judicial forums, this unique course is a must! For full program details, including registration info, click here.