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Attorneys > David B. Graham

David B. Graham Partner • Chair of Environmental & Administrative Law T (757) 259.3855 F (757) 259.3838 dbgraham@kaufcan.com     MH Rating

David heads the environmental practice of Kaufman & Canoles. He represents clients in litigation, regulatory and administrative matters and emergency response issues throughout the country, currently in more than ten states.

Practice Areas

• Environmental & Administrative Law
• Litigation

Representative Matters

• Leads the team of Kaufman & Canoles attorneys that serve as National Superfund Litigation Counsel for a $10 billion international chemical company
• Prepared emergency response plan for Fortune 250 international manufacturing company
• Prepared non-liability argument that resulted in a Virginia Fortune 250 company being dropped as a responsible party at a Superfund site
• Serves as liaison or common counsel to groups of potentially responsible parties at three waste sites across the northeast
• Negotiated agreements with two state agencies to cleanup landfills, thus avoiding placement on the NPL and federal enforcement
• Represented multi-state power company defending against liability claims at coal combustion waste disposal site

Recognition and honors

• Virginia's Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2011
• One of ten Pioneers of Environmental Law; National Law Journal
• Chair; ABA Superfund and Hazardous Waste Committee, 1990s
• ABA’s Work Group on Superfund Reauthorization, 1990s
• Member; Board of Advisors, Toxic Law Reporter and Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter
• Virginia’s Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2004, 2008-2010
• Member; National Petroleum Council, an advisory board to the Secretary of the Department of Energy, 1980s
• Team Leader; Task Force on Social Security, White House Advisory Committee, 1980s
• Distinguish Achievement Award; American Heart Association, Nations Capital Affiliates, 1997

Admissions

• Virginia
• District of Columbia
• Ohio
• Illinois
• Louisiana

Education

• Louisiana State University; B.S., Petroleum Engineering, 1966
• Louisiana State University Law Center; J.D., 1969

press and publication

• 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite 2011
• 39 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine's "Legal Elite" 2010
• 39 K&C Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite 2009
• 36 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite 2008
• Emergency Response Planning: A Critical Investment
• When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade! Risks and Rewards of Brownfields Development in Virginia
• 31 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite
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