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David B. Graham

Partner • Chair of Environmental & Administrative Law

T (757) 259.3855
F (757) 259.3838

dbgraham@kaufcan.com

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
  • 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, 2008-2009
  • 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

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