Deadline to Register: June 20, 2016
The occupation, use and/or
ownership of real property comes with environmental risk and liabilities.
Corporate counsel can mitigate or avoid these risks through environmental due
care and environmental risk management. Join us for
a discussion about the elements of comprehensive environmental
due care and why and when they matter over the life of a property.
We will cover what environmental liabilities are, how they can be identified and
assessed, and how they can be mitigated, managed, and possibly avoided through
“comprehensive environmental due care,” the outcomes of recent case law, new professional standards, and recent lessons learned.
Presenters:
Karlene French, RELA,
LLC
Karlene French is a Professional Geologist with over 28
years of experience in the environmental field. She has a unique
perspective on environmental due care, having worked in consulting, regulatory,
and industrial settings (in compliance and M&A support) and with
regulatory agencies in several states. Currently, she is owner of RELA, LLC, an
environmental advisory firm assisting clients in developing and implementing due diligence
and due care strategies for mergers and acquisitions, and Director of
Minnesota Operations of Science from Scientists, a nonprofit organization that sends
real, charismatic scientists into the classroom every other week during the
school year to teach a STEM enrichment program to students in
grades 4 through 8.
Katherine A. Roek,
Cargill Incorporated
Katie Roek has been
practicing environmental, land use, regulatory and energy law for more than ten years,
in private practice and now at Cargill. Specifically, Katie supports and
partners with Cargill’s protein, metals, animal nutrition and other industrial
businesses in environmental and regulatory matters. She has a degree in environmental
engineering from the University of Michigan, and received her J.D. from American
University Washington College of Law.
Joseph G. Maternowski,
Hessian & McKasy, P.A.
Joe
Maternowski has more than 30 years’
experience as an environmental law and litigation specialists. His practice at
the Hessian & McKasy firm in Minneapolis includes real estate due diligence,
environmental compliance and cost recovery litigation. Joe assists clients
on issues ranging from administrative matters before state and federal agencies,
to transactional matters and litigation. He has extensive experience in dealing
with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). Joe received his J.D. from Temple University School of
Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.