E. Michael Thomas, Esq.

• Sophisticated Problem Solving
• Big Firm Experience and Credentials
• Small Firm Billing Rates

[AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell]

 

Practice Areas: Environmental & Superfund; Zoning, Land Use & Real Estate; Litigation Support & Expert Witness; ADR & Allocation Services; Technology & General Practice.

Practice Profile: Problem solving, dispute resolution and risk management on behalf of businesses, individuals, governmental bodies and citizen groups. Experienced as government lawyer and manager, mediator, expert witness and partner in two major law firms.

Value Statement: My practice provides the benefits of sophisticated problem solving and large law firm experience without the expensive overhead. I look forward to applying my practice to help advance your opportunities or, if circumstances require, to help solve your problems.

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Practice Highlights:

Volunteer attorney for The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, providing representation to Veterans at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims;

Successfully enforced PRP participation agreement's fund raising provisions in bankruptcy court against bankrupt PRP's estate. Amount recovered deemed a priority "administrative expense" of estate;

Current expert witness concerning divisibility of harm issues related to partial owners of Superfund site in Midwest;

Overturned denial of standing to citizens group in appeal of groundwater discharge permit Water Quality Certification;

Served as general counsel to prospective purchaser of the ASARCO bankruptcy estate seeking to to use estate properties as locations for advanced solar power generating technologies as anchors for site cleanup and redevelopment;

Deemed "most helpful expert" in defense verdict finding that defendants were not liable to indemnify plaintiffs for up to $25 million in Superfund cleanup costs;

Recent expert witness project concerning liability allocation for cleanup of historic contamination at municipal airport also used as military air base;

Chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals, Wayland, Massachusetts.

Organizing chapter of Amnesty International, Inc. for community-level involvement in projects assisting prisoners of conscience worldwide.