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| David B. Graham Partner • Chair of Environmental & Administrative Law T (757) 259.3855F (757) 259.3838 dbgraham@kaufcan.com | |
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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
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
- One of ten Pioneers of Environmental Law; National Law Journal
- Chair; ABA Superfund and Hazardous Waste Committee, 1990s
- ABAs Work Group on Superfund Reauthorization, 1990s
- Member; Board of Advisors, Toxic Law Reporter and Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter
- Virginias Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2004, 2008-2009
- 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
- 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
- Emergency Response