Our private detective pedigree, coupled with our multi-disciplinary forensic approach, allows us to successfully uncover the most salient facts and unwind history as it relates to complex issues. We identify potentially responsible parties, investigate liabilities, and help prepare for litigation by: 

• Researching trade, scientific, historical, and regulatory documents to create historical inventories of potential contaminant sources

• Exposing contaminant pathways, including spills and disposal practices, and quantifying contributions to contaminated sites

• Investigating primary and alternative exposure scenarios in toxic tort claims

• Identifying witnesses, unique records, and other factual evidence not uncovered through formal civil discovery or mediation disclosure processes

TIG Environmental helps clients develop specific legal arguments based on evidence, expert technical analyses, and our strategic understanding of the technical, legal, financial, and social challenges at contaminated sites. We coordinate with clients and their counsel to define offensive and defensive positions in support of allocation negotiations by:

• Using factual historical evidence to identify potentially responsible parties and establish a basis for cost allocation 

• Developing strategies for allocation framework methodologies appropriate to site factors 

• Modeling different allocation scenarios to understand how fact patterns affect a potential outcome 

• Evaluating remedy components and conducting detailed cost evaluations to understand how remedy cost uncertainties should be considered in an allocation strategy 

• Assisting counsel in developing allocation strategies that seek to reduce our client’s anticipated share of costs

• Evaluating remedy components and appropriateness to support allocation positions 

• Conducting technical evaluations and developing expert reports to summarize technical positions or provide factual data, and assisting in developing position papers in support of our client's position 

• Providing expert witness testimony to present technical arguments about the who, what, where, and when of contaminated sites

The TIG Environmental team can manage, assess, and prioritize critical evidence to help clients develop strong positions and protect their bottom lines. Our expertise includes:

• Developing evidentiary databases and evaluating evidence using commercial platforms

• Efficiently leveraging technology to triage and prioritize content contained in incoming discovery productions using our Triage and Intelligence Gathering e-Discovery Routine (TIGER) software solution

• Developing, managing, and vetting witness pools

• Assessing financial viabilities/assets and corporate liabilities of parties

• Tracing and evaluating complex corporate transactions to identify ultimate successors-in-interest

• Locating evidence of general liability insurance coverage from internal, external, public, and private information sources