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Lauren Handel is a partner in McDermott Will & Emery LLP’s New York office. She is a member of the Firm’s Trial Department and Environmental and OSHA, MSHA & Catastrophe Response Groups.
Lauren represents clients in environmental and toxic tort litigation. She also counsels clients on compliance with federal, state and local environmental and workplace safety regulations and represents clients in all aspects of environmental agency and OSHA enforcement actions. She has advised clients on environmental regulatory and liability issues associated with business transactions and conducted environmental due diligence.
Representative Experience:
Multi-district and state court litigation involving MTBE product liability claims
Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) citizen suits
Challenge to Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation notices of violation and enforcement orders
Advice on environmental liability and permit transfer requirements associated with transfers of manufacturing facilities in multiple states
2003 multi-agency investigation of a six fatality explosion at a medical device component manufacturing plant in North Carolina
2003 OSHA process safety management program quality verification (PQV) inspection of a petroleum refinery in Delaware
Lauren authored a chapter in the Occupational Safety and Health Law Handbook and is a contributing editor to Occupational Hazards Magazine. While in law school, she served as a staff member of the Georgetown Law Journal and won the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Student Advocacy Award for her work in the Federal Legislation Clinic, District of Columbia Division.
Lauren is admitted to practice in New York, the District of Columbia, and Maryland.
Education:
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. (cum laude), 2002
University of Maryland, B.A. (cum laude), 1997 | 