Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C. has a long tradition of representing companies involved in the transportation industry. The Firm defends trucking companies, inland marine companies, and railroads in a variety of cases involving personal injury and alleged property damage. In addition, the Firm has defended transportation clients in governmental clean-up and cost recovery actions, as well as private party cost recovery actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. 

Our practice routinely involves advising transportation industry clients on issues arising under CERCLA, RCRA, The Clean Water Act, and The Clean Air Act. We have assisted in applications for air, water, and hazardous waste permits for various types of trucking, manufacturing and service industry clients. We are experienced in settlement negotiation, private litigation, regulatory enforcement actions and administrative proceedings before such agencies as the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Agency Region VII and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Attorneys in the firm’s corporate department often work with transportation clients on a wide array of business matters.