- Criminal DefenseOur team of attorneys, consisting of both criminal defense and environmental counsel, have successfully counseled and defended clients subject to criminal probes by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigations Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District Attorneys, as well as state criminal investigations and federal-state cooperative investigations.
- Corporate LawOur professionals specialize in corporate formation for both private and non-profit clients. We work with clients in every phase of venture development from the start-up to mature operations. We assist entrepreneurs with business plan development, valuation, and business/product concept development, along with registration and protection of trademarks. We also introduce our clients to investors and strategic partners that are well aligned with the client’s mission in order to bring the entrepreneurs’ products and services to market. Finally, we help guide our clients through the challenges of sustainable operations, including supply chain, certification processes, and long-term economic and social profitability.
- Mergers and AcquisitionsHistorical insurance assets play an important role in property transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and long tail liability exposures, such as environmental, asbestos, and product liability claims. Environmental liabilities and product liabilities that may be unknown to the seller may emerge years and even decades later after the damage occurs. Under environmental statutes like CERCLA, a broad range of parties can be held jointly and severally liable for extraordinarlily expenseive environmental cleanup, often for pollution that occurred decades ago. Under the standards of strict liability, a plaintiff need not prove that a manufacturer was negligent or at “fault,” but only that a product was defectively designed or manufactured or that the manufacturer did not warn against foreseeable dangers. Paladin assists clients in taking proactive steps towards identifying and understanding their historical insurance programs in order to protect against these long tail liabilities.
- Eminent DomainPaladin Law Group has represented property owners in eminent domain actions to ensure that they received the maximum compensation for their property as required by law. In situations involving commercial or industrial properties, we assist property owners in responding to government agencies seeking to discount the fair market value of the property due to contamination.
- Land Use and ZoningPaladin Law Group assists clients in redeveloping abandoned industrial and commercial in-fill properties, which often include contaminated sites. Frequently, our combined experience with land use planning laws and environmental laws facilitates this process.
- Property DamagePaladin Law Group assists clients in negotiating with insurance companies agreements that permit the insurer to “buy back” its policy in exchange for a financial commitment of a sum certain. These agreements can also be negotiated to release the insurer’s obligation to one particular site or to a particular part of coverage (e.g., release property damage but not bodily injury).