Environmental Class Actions Webinar

Law, science, and public policy collide in environmental class actions. While lawsuits over oil spills or toxic emissions can raise some unique questions in the context of common class action issues such as ascertainability and preemption, the lessons of the case law—like how your expert can make or break your case—apply to any complex litigation. In this seminar you will learn from experienced class action litigators and environmental law experts about how to best represent your client in environmental disputes.

Faculty

Daniel Mensher practices in Keller Rohrback’s nationally recognized Complex Litigation Group. Mr. Mensher is experienced in complex environmental litigation and administrative rulemaking processes. He has litigated water and waste cases across the country. Before joining the firm, Mr. Mensher was a Clinical Professor and Staff Attorney at Earthrise Law Center, an environmental law clinic at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. He has also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rick Haselton of the Oregon Court of Appeals.

Thomas A. Manakides is a partner in the Orange County office of Gibson Dunn where he practices in the Firm’s Environmental Litigation & Mass Tort, Transnational Litigation, and Litigation Practice Groups.

Mr. Manakides is counsel for multinational corporations in complex, multi-district and international litigation.  Mr. Manakides’ practice emphasizes environmental and mass tort litigation and administrative matters, transnational litigation and foreign judgment law, and a variety of commercial disputes.

Matthew Preusch practices in Keller Rohrback’s nationally recognized Complex Litigation Group where he concentrates his practice on Environmental Litigationa dn Class aCtions. Before joining Keller Rohrback, Matthew served as an honors attorney in the Oregon Department of Justice’s appellate and trial divisions. He was a judicial extern for the Hon. Michael W. Mosman in the District of Oregon during law school. Prior to his legal career, he spent ten years as a journalist in the Pacific Northwest, covering regional and national news for The Oregonian, The New York Times, and other publications.