Gregory A. Bibler
Areas of Practice
Greg Bibler is chair of the firm’s Environmental Practice. His practice includes litigation, corporate compliance, contaminated site management, and business transactions. Core areas of Mr. Bibler’s expertise include cost recovery and environmental tort litigation, environmental auditing and management systems, SEC reporting of environmental liabilities, and complex or “mega sites,” particularly those involving coal tar, contaminated sediment, vapor intrusion, or DNAPL migration and remediation.
Work for Clients
Day-to-day, Mr. Bibler works with clients to develop and implement creative strategies for addressing and resolving environmental risks. He appears in courts and before agencies in cost-recovery and damages suits, licensing proceedings and enforcement actions. Mr. Bibler provides counsel and assists in instituting corporate programs for compliance with environmental and nuclear regulations and management standards. He represents clients at sites throughout the country in devising and implementing cost-effective plans for clean-up and redevelopment. Mr. Bibler also evaluates and negotiates terms for allocating environmental risks in corporate and real estate transactions. Recent work with clients in these areas includes: - Representation of lead PRP with respect to allocation, remediation, and natural resource damages issues at the Ashtabula River Site, the largest contaminated sediment project to be funded under the Great Lakes Legacy Act
- Successful completion of comprehensive internal investigation, self-disclosures and multi-media compliance measures at a public water facility, resulting in no federal or state enforcement action
- Creation of a new environmental diligence policy now used by a large financial institution for its corporate and real estate acquisitions
- Management of a vapor plume investigation and remediation in urban area that includes a school, church and multiple residences
- Cost allocation litigation...more »
Day-to-day, Mr. Bibler works with clients to develop and implement creative strategies for addressing and resolving environmental risks. He appears in courts and before agencies in cost-recovery and damages suits, licensing proceedings and enforcement actions. Mr. Bibler provides counsel and assists in instituting corporate programs for compliance with environmental and nuclear regulations and management standards. He represents clients at sites throughout the country in devising and implementing cost-effective plans for clean-up and redevelopment. Mr. Bibler also evaluates and negotiates terms for allocating environmental risks in corporate and real estate transactions. Recent work with clients in these areas includes: - Representation of lead PRP with respect to allocation, remediation, and natural resource damages issues at the Ashtabula River Site, the largest contaminated sediment project to be funded under the Great Lakes Legacy Act
- Successful completion of comprehensive internal investigation, self-disclosures and multi-media compliance measures at a public water facility, resulting in no federal or state enforcement action
- Creation of a new environmental diligence policy now used by a large financial institution for its corporate and real estate acquisitions
- Management of a vapor plume investigation and remediation in urban area that includes a school, church and multiple residences
- Cost allocation litigation and remedy selection concerning two manufactured gas plant sites on major waterways in New England
- Defense of multi-property damages actions relating to groundwater, indoor air and soil contamination at sites in Massachusetts and Vermont
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Professional Activities
Mr. Bibler has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
Publications/Presentations
Mr. Bibler has chaired and spoken at multiple bar association programs on such topics as SEC disclosure of environmental liabilities, contaminated sediment management, and environmental diligence and allocation of risks in business transactions. Among his many publications, the most recent include: “New Rules Require Accounting for Future Environmental Costs” in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (April 2007, with Nathan Brodeur); “Ashtabula River Restoration Project Establishes New Federal Funding Precedent” in Daily Environment Reporter (November 2006, with Wayne Reiber); Increased Scrutiny of Indoor Air Pathway Shifts Investigation and Cleanup Standards in Toxics Law Reporter (April 2005, with Elizabeth Mason); and “Contaminated Sediments: Are There Alternatives to Superfund?” in Natural Resources & Environment (Fall 2003).
Bar and Court Admissions
Mr. Bibler has been admitted to the bar in Massachusetts and New York, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He has appeared pro hac vice in numerous other jurisdictions.
Honors and Awards
Mr. Bibler was among the “junior twelve” elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year at Harvard College. He also was the recipient of the John Knox Fellowship for study at Cambridge University. In addition, Mr. Bibler was awarded first place in the American Association of Trial Lawyers Fifteenth Annual Environmental Essay Contest.
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1985 (magna cum laude)
A.B., Harvard College, 1981 (summa cum laude)
Christ’s College, Cambridge University (John Knox Fellow 1981-82)
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