About Kevin A Lavalle Attorney

EDUCATION

Detroit College of Law

Illinois Institute of Technology

University of Michigan

Attorney General ex rel. Department of Environmental Quality v. Richfield Iron Works, Inc., unpublished opinions per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued Oct. 9, 2001 (Docket No. 219654 & 224318) [Scope of contribution protection afforded to PRPs entering into consent decrees with the State of Michigan].
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan v. Porter & Heckman, Inc., 220 Mich. App. 627 (1996) [Seminal case of operator and arranger liability under the Michigan Environmental Response Act].
Freeport-McMoran Resource Partners Ltd. Partnership v. B-B Paint Corp., 56 F.Supp.2d 823 (1999) [Level of proof necessary to support a contribution claim under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act].
Hicks Family Limited Partnership v. 1st National Bank of Howell, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued Oct. 3, 2006 (Docket No. 268400) [Elements necessary to assert a valid claim for cost recovery under Part 201 of NREPA].
Hicks Family Limited Partnership v. 1st National Bank of Howell, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued July 15, 2008 (Docket No. 276575) [Plaintiff’s status as a PRP does not preclude it from bringing a cost-recovery action under Part 201 of NREPA]

Negotiated consent judgments with the Michigan Department of Environment Quality to resolve violations relating to releases of hazardous substances, air emissions and filing wetlands.
Completed due diligence activities at numerous automobile dealerships throughout the United States.
Helped establish one of the first wetland mitigation areas in the State of Indiana.
Represented numerous owners of leaking above and underground storage tanks.
Successfully represented a citizens group in defeating the construction of a landfill.
Obtained company-wide storm water permits for a national trucking company.
Served as counsel to local lake associations.
Negotiated the first host agreement between a Genesee County municipality and a landfill.
Successfully defended persons accused of committing environmental crimes.
Negotiated one of the most hotly-contested air permits in the State of Michigan.
Served as a counsel to a nationwide environmental consulting firm.
Defended clients from claims under the Clean Water Act for illegal filling of wetlands.
Provided legal counsel and guidance to a national horticultural product companies.
Assisted in defeating attempts to close the only public off road vehicle area located in Southeast Michigan.

Desulfobacter Biocatalyzed Reduction of Gypsum Wastes: Applications to Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing M.S. Thesis, 1983.
Co-Author: Management of Industrial Pollutions by Anaerobic Processes. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1984.
Groundwater Contamination: Removal of the Constraints Barring Recovery for Increased Risk and Fear of Future Disease. Detroit College of Law Review. Volume 1988’s Issue 1.
Federal and State Laws Which Impact on Groundwater Considerations at Solid Waste Disposal Facilities. Great Lakes International Solid Waste Management Forum, March 1991.
Underground Storage Tank Update. Genesee County Bar Association Bar Beat, July 1991.
Use of Baseline Environmental Assessment to Avoid Cleanup Liability. 2005.
Changes to Michigan’s Environmental Cleanup Statute. Genesee County Bar Association Bar Beat, September/October 2011.

Commentator for the following Institute of Continuing Legal Education programs:
Representing Owners and Operators under Act 307;
The New Michigan Environmental Cleanup Legislation: Liability, Remediation and Real Estate Transfers; and
Baseline Environmental Assessments: BEA’s from A to Z.
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Holly Academy JV Soccer Coach
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