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Environmental Litigation

Environmental Litigation

NERA has extensive experience translating environmental claims for alleged harm to health and value into the objective, quantitative, monetary values required by courts and regulators to determine appropriate damages awards.

The analysis, reports, and expert testimony our experts provide to courts and arbitration and regulatory bodies include rigorous, defensible measures of the value of damages. We provide careful, independent valuation of the actual damages incurred, or the changes to processes or remediation efforts that may be taken.

We are skilled in identifying and critiquing the benefit ("BEN") model used by the US EPA and have successfully challenged values initially generated by this model.

We use the full range of techniques for assessing environmental liability, including:

  • Statistics and econometrics;
  • Epidemiology and health effects;
  • Property value determination;
  • Hedonic pricing techniques;
  • Contingent valuation and surveys;
  • Financial analysis; and
  • Cost-benefit analysis.
Name Title Location Phone Email
Sandra Ringelstetter Ennis Chief Operating Officer
Managing Director 		Chicago +1 312 573 2823 sandra.ringelstetter@nera.com
Lucy P. Allen Managing Director New York City +1 212 345 5913 lucy.allen@nera.com
Dr. David Harrison Jr. Managing Director
Co-Chair, NERA's Global Environmental Economics Practice 		Boston +1 617 927 4512 david.harrison@nera.com
James Mellsop Managing Director Auckland
Wellington
Sydney 		+64 9 928 3290
+64 4 819 2550
+61 2 8864 6536 		james.mellsop@nera.com
Dr. Anne E. Smith Managing Director
Chair, NERA’s Global Environmental Economics Practice 		Washington, DC +1 202 466 9229 anne.smith@nera.com
Daniel Radov Director London +44 20 7659 8744 daniel.radov@nera.com
Scott J. Bloomberg Associate Director Washington, DC +1 202 466 9234 scott.bloomberg@nera.com
Dr. Garrett Glasgow Associate Director San Francisco +1 415 291 1029 garrett.glasgow@nera.com
Dr. Sugandha D. Tuladhar Associate Director Washington, DC +1 202 466 9206 sugandha.tuladhar@nera.com
Kevin Counsell Senior Consultant Wellington
Sydney 		+64 4 819 2551
+61 2 8864 7235 		kevin.counsell@nera.com
Marta Moro Senior Consultant Madrid +34 91 521 0020 marta.moro@nera.com
Dr. Elizabeth M. Bailey Affiliated Academic San Francisco +1 415 291 1041 elizabeth.bailey_affiliate@nera.com
Dr. Alan Cox Affiliated Consultant San Francisco +1 415 291 1000 alan.cox.affiliate@nera.com
Jonathan Falk Affiliated Consultant New York City +1 212 345 5315 jonathan.falk.affiliate@nera.com
Mike King Affiliated Consultant Denver
San Francisco
Washington, DC 		+1 303 357 4781
+1 303 618 4915
+1 303 618 4915 		mike.king.affiliate@nera.com
Eugene Meehan Affiliated Consultant Washington, DC +1 202 466 9287 gene.meehan.affiliate@NERA.com
Michael Spackman Affiliated Consultant London +44 20 7659 8660 michael.spackman.affiliate@nera.com
Title Type Author
Snapshot of Recent Trends in Asbestos Litigation: 2020 Update Report Mary Elizabeth C. Stern and Lucy P. Allen
Snapshot of Recent Trends in Asbestos Litigation: 2019 Update Report Mary Elizabeth C. Stern and Lucy P. Allen
Estimating Employment Impacts of Regulations: A Review of EPA's Methods for Its Air R... Report By Dr. Anne E. Smith et al.
Economic Outcomes of a US Carbon Tax Report By Dr. Anne E. Smith, Dr. David Harrison, Dr. Paul Bernstein, Scott Bloomberg, Dr. Sugandha Tuladhar, et al.
Economic Implications of Recent and Anticipated EPA Regulations Affecting the Electri... Report By Dr. David Harrison, Dr. Anne E. Smith, Scott Bloomberg, Andrew Locke, Meredith McPhail, Reshma Patel, Dr. Sugandha Tuladhar, et al.
Understanding the Balancing Challenge Report By Sean Gammons and Richard Druce with Goran Strbac, Marko Aunedi, Danny Pudjianto, and Predrag Djapic of Imperial College London
NERA Testimony on The American Energy Initiative -- A Focus on EPA's New Proposal to ... Testimony By Dr. Anne E. Smith
Analyzing the Changing US Carbon Policy Landscape Working Paper By Dr. Sugandha D. Tuladhar, Scott Bloomberg, et al.
An Economic Impact Analysis of EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Rule Working Paper By Dr. Anne E. Smith, Dr. Paul Bernstein, Scott Bloomberg, Dr. Sugandha Tuladhar, et al.
NERA Testimony on 'The American Energy Initiative – A Focus on What EPA’s Utility MAC... Testimony By Dr. Anne E. Smith
Title Date Type
Steadfast in Uncertain Times: How NERA Is Responding 16 April 2020 Press Release