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Elizabeth M. Weaver
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Elizabeth M. Weaver
550 South Hope St.
Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90071
+1 213.892.1916
+1 213.892.2300 (Fax)
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Elizabeth Weaver focuses on litigating environmental and toxic tort cases, with emphasis on hazardous waste, Superfund, air and water issues. She has a track record of successfully litigating complex environmental matters, ranging from government enforcement to cost recovery to natural resource damages. Her practice has included disputes at many Superfund sites across the country, and she has often served as common counsel. She has successfully mediated and litigated a wide range of disputes, and has tried Superfund cases to judgment. In one, the Federal Government was held responsible for all cleanup costs at the Del Amo Superfund Site after Ms. Weaver proved at trial that World War II operations at the site were closely controlled by the United States.
Ms. Weaver recently led the Howrey team as national coordinating counsel for a major oil company in all of its environmental litigation matters nationwide. As national counsel, she has litigated matters involving contamination from historic oil operations, Proposition 65, product liability and a range of other issues. She has handled product liability and unfair competition cases in California stemming from the use of MTBE, a gasoline oxygenate. In addition to her courtroom expertise, Ms. Weaver advises clients in the aerospace, oil, food and manufacturing industries regarding government enforcement, permitting, and other civil and criminal environmental matters.
'I chose Howrey when it opened its first California office in 1992 because it was the “go-to” litigation firm and the perfect place for my practice – complex environmental and tort litigation.'
Representative Highlights
- State of Missouri v. Union Electric Company d/b/a AmerenUE. Claims for natural resource damage by Missouri state agencies aainst client AmerenUE. The case was settled in November 2007.
- ExxonMobil Oil Corporation DePue Superfund Site, Bureau County, Illinois. Represents ExxonMobil in relation to a complex Superfund Site in a range of issues including cost allocation, negotiation and implementation of cleanup orders with the Illinois EPA, and natural resource damage claims.
- In re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability litigation. Represented Unocal in multi-district litigation regarding nationwide MTBE product liability claims.
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Courts & Adjudicative Bodies
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- United States District Court for the Southern District of California
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Education
- Duke Law School (JD, 1980)
- Duke University (BA, 1977), magna cum laude
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