Brian C. Pickard

Brian also represents clients in a variety of contexts involving environmental insurance coverage issues. Brian leverages his prior experience as a software engineer to bring exceptional technical experience to the matters in which he is involved, particularly in the eDiscovery and information governance contexts.

Brian has a wealth of experience representing public and private business entities, municipalities, educational institutions, and bi-state authorities in federal, state and administrative litigation involving the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the New Jersey Spill Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and various other federal and state environmental laws. His background also includes actions involving clean-up liability, personal injury, and contractual claims relating to Superfund sites, landfills, toxic torts, industrial accidents, hazardous discharges, waste hauling and site remediation. Brian is also a member of the firm’s appellate team and has handled dozens of matters on appeal before a variety of federal and state appellate courts.

Brian counsels clients concerning a range of environmental regulatory matters involving a host of federal, state, and local environmental regulatory frameworks. Brian has particular and varied experience providing regulatory counseling and civil enforcement defense with respect to the regulation of pesticide products under FIFRA and advertising claims made within the purview of FTC’s Green Guides.

Brian assists electric and gas market clients in developing a range of agreements and policy documents for various projects from dynamically managed load and onsite generation ventures employing smart grid and microgrid technologies to matters related to LNG exportation. Brian also provides counseling with regard to emissions cap and trade program compliance and negotiation and drafting of power purchase agreements.

He is involved in the evaluation of environmental liabilities and quantification of environmental risks associated with corporate, real estate and financing transactions. Brian also frequently represents clients negotiating and litigating coverage issues surrounding pollution liability and cost cap environmental insurance policies and environmental liability transfers. He also represents environmental contractors with regard to insurance coverage issues.

Prior to practicing law, Brian spent nearly a decade as a software engineer and contributed to the design and development of the banking industry’s leading collateral management system.