Environmental Crimes

Dwyer & Collora, LLP has represented clients in grand jury investigations and prosecutions of alleged environmental offenses, including Clean Air and Clean Water violations, environmental testing irregularities and toxic dumping. In addition to navigating clients through the criminal process, Dwyer & Collora, LLP has successfully defended clients against the threat of suspension and debarment from government procurement and non-procurement programs at both the state and federal levels.

Representative Case:

• On behalf of a major international company, Dwyer & Collora, LLP helped secure the first decision by the EPA in fifteen years to refrain from suspending a federal contractor in the face of an ongoing criminal investigation involving EPA infractions. Working with experts in environmental science, Dwyer & Collora, LLP oversaw the development of a state of the art compliance program designed to correct the deficiencies that led to the criminal investigation and to prevent such violations in the future. The compliance program was instrumental in the EPA's decision not to suspend or debar the firm's client from government procurement and non-procurement programs.

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