Thomas E. Hogan

Experience

Environmental Matters

• Representing multiple companies in a mass tort lawsuit alleging exposure to hazardous substances in California.
• Representing a manufacturer in a mass tort lawsuit alleging exposure to hazardous substances in Indiana.
• Representing the Port of Portland concerning alleged Natural Resource Damages (NRD) under CERCLA at the Portland Harbor Superfund Site.
• Representing multiple companies in connection with a federal criminal investigation alleging violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA).
• Represented transportation company in lawsuit by Los Angeles County alleging violations of Unfair Competition Law (UCL) and California Hazardous Waste Control Law (HWCL).
• Representing a recycling company in connection with the investigation and enforcement action by a state environmental agency concerning hazardous waste.
• Represented manufacturer in RCRA administrative enforcement action by EPA.
• Represented manufacturer in OSHA enforcement litigation matter involving fatality at client’s facility.
• Represented a New England farm regarding alleged violations of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
• Defended the first permitted U.S. utility-scale offshore wind project against litigation challenging the federal government’s approval under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
• Represented an energy services company in proactive litigation against its environmental regulator to compel the approval of the company’s plan for managing onsite hazardous wastes.
• Represented a recycling association opposing a lawsuit petitioning for regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
• Defended a global defense and technology company against CERCLA claims regarding hexavalent chromium and PCB contamination at a municipal park in New York.
• Defended a steel manufacturer in defeating challenges to the issuance of its Clean Air Act permit in connection with the construction of a new steel mill.
• Represented a consumer products manufacturer in environmental insurance coverage litigation regarding groundwater contamination in California.  

Commercial and Other Matters

• Served on the trial and appellate teams for a global engineering company in an indemnity case arising out of the 2009 explosion of a food manufacturing plant in Garner, North Carolina. After a four-week jury trial, the jury returned a verdict of $108.9 million in favor of the client, double the largest verdict in Nebraska at that time. The National Law Journal recognized the verdict as a “Top 50 Verdict” of 2016 in its Elite Trial Lawyers report. The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the judgment in 2018.*
• Representing international ocean shipping carrier in civil antitrust litigation.
• Representing international hotel chain in multi-district litigation brought over data security incident.
• Representing a company in litigation concerning parties’ rights and obligations under a multibillion-dollar asset purchase agreement.
• Represented promotional products company in U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) criminal antitrust investigation.
• Represented company in Administrative Procedure Act (APA) litigation with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding drug compounding.
• Secured a court order for confidential discovery from the Executive Office of the White House in a defamation lawsuit.
• Advises clients on Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification and antitrust clearance at the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice; secured clearance for more than $7 billion in deals since 2017.

*Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Memberships

• Law360: Environmental Editorial Advisory Board (2015, 2016)
• American Bar Association: Environment, Energy, and Resources Section
• Bar Association of the District of Columbia
  • Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section
  • Antitrust and Consumer Law Section