Geolex: Environmental Litigation Support

Overview

Geolex and its President, Alberto A. Gutiérrez, provide environmental litigation support for a wide variety of environmental cases in state and federal court, as well as cases involving international sites. We have had extensive experience in insurance coverage actions for remediation of major CERCLA and state Superfund sites. In addition, Mr. Gutiérrez, supported by Geolex’s multi-disciplinary staff, has provided expert witness testimony in many types of environmental actions, including toxic torts and property damage actions that involve soil and groundwater contamination and contractor-operated (GOCO) facilities and related contract indemnification issues. Mr. Gutiérrez has also served as a binding dispute resolution officer in arbitration cases and environmental liability and response cost allocation. He has served as an expert in many Superfund cases, involving NCP compliance and cost recovery actions. As the principal in charge of litigation support projects, Mr. Gutiérrez is registered in 20 states and with the American Institute of Professional Geologists and has been qualified as an expert witness on environmental matters in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts throughout the United States, including cases involving both domestic and international facilities.

Expert Witness Testimony:

  • Qualified in federal, state, and bankruptcy courts
  • Environmental class actions and mass torts
  • Insurance recovery and defense
  • Claims against US companies for overseas operations
  • Contaminant fate and transport in all environmental media
  • CERCLA cost recovery and cost allocation
  • Environmental claims in bankruptcy and corporate transactions
  • Natural resource damage assessments

Insurance Coverage Actions:

  • Fate and transport of contaminants in all environmental media
  • Development and evaluation of release scenarios
  • Source Identification and release timing analyses
  • Determination of industry standard practices
  • Cost allocation and cost recovery
  • Evaluation of remedial system effectiveness and costs
  • Feasibility assessment and review of remedial operation and maintenance

Arbitration and Environmental Dispute Resolution:

  • Serves as mediator/binding arbitration CERCLA and other multi-party cost allocation cases
  • Conducts independent technical analyses for cost allocation/source identification

Selected Project Summaries: