Environmental Law

Jarvis & Krieger maintains a comprehensive environmental litigation practice, handling the civil and criminal liabilities of its clients.

Jarvis & Krieger represents companies and developers in the defense of environmental actions Moreover, the violation of many environmental statutes can now result in criminal sanctions. Corporations and corporate executives are being prosecuted criminally for
environmental offenses. The former federal and state prosecutors of Jarvis & Krieger will vigorously defend their clients by managing the government's investigation while at the same time conducting an internal investigation to facilitate informed decision making by company executives.

Senior Partner Eliot Krieger, formerly an Assistant United States Attorney in both the civil and criminal divisions, has vigorously represented his clients on a variety of environmental cases and worked on several cases with the Environmental Crimes unit of the United States Attorney's Office.

Mr. Krieger has expertise in litigation regarding the preservation of lands and has litigated several cases under Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). He also prevailed at both the trial court level and on appeal in the Ninth Circuit when he defended the United States Navy in a major National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) case where community activists attempted to halt the conversion of the former Untied States Navel Base in Long Beach, California.