Litigation related to environmental contamination and toxins has grown at a rapid pace, as businesses come under greater scrutiny for their environmental practices and face potentially costly claims. Smith Mazure has been at the forefront of this development as an environmental defense firm.

Our involvement in the area of environmental law and toxic torts began with asbestos and toxic chemical exposure claims and has developed into a comprehensive practice area in all aspects of environmental law and toxic tort, including asbestos, maritime law, mold, chemical exposure, lead paint, heavy metals, and a variety of other toxic tort exposures. Our firm has developed experience in handling a pollution situation from spill to final cleanup, providing assistance and counseling with respect to the various federal, state and local requirements, pollution investigation, choice of cleanup plan, and actual restoration of the environment.

Recognizing a need for legal service in the prolific area of environmental and toxic tort litigation, Smith Mazure has made a long-term commitment to provide expert and quality legal service to our clients confronted with a complex and ever-changing body of law. For more than two decades, we have devoted substantial time and resources to becoming a respected leader in this field, with a large staff of attorneys, paralegals, law clerks and legal investigators. As environmental, pollution and toxic tort law grows more complex, we are committed to maintaining our unique ability to provide a broad range of services to insurers, their insureds and corporations faced with the most pressing legal and public policy issues today. Our attorneys are frequent authors and lecturers on aspects of this area of the law.