James A. Bruen

Farella Braun + Martel LLP, San Francisco, USA

James A. Bruen, a partner in Farella Braun + Martel?s Environmental Law Department and Product Law Group, has over 30 years of criminal and civil litigation and business counseling experience.

Mr. Bruen?s practice includes representation of industry, universities and governmental institutions, in domestic and international civil and criminal environmental proceedings, including environmental enforcement actions, cost-recovery litigation, natural resource damage litigation, toxic tort cases, product liability actions and administrative proceedings involving the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Federal Insecticide Fungicide & Rodenticide Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, Proposition 65, and related state and local laws. He advises clients in the United States and abroad about siting and closing facilities; product stewardship; environmental, health and safety management systems; conducting environmental audits, investigations, feasibility studies and remediations; and oversight of international environmental and products litigation.

Mr. Bruen is a widely known author and lecturer in environmental and products liability law. He is named in, The Best Lawyers in America, Who?s Who in America, International Corporate Law?s Guide to Environmental Law Experts, The Guide to the World?s Leading Environmental Lawyers,  and International Who?s Who of Environmental Lawyers.  Mr. Bruen was recognized as one of the leading environmental attorneys in California in the 2004 Chambers USA Guide to America?s Leading Business Lawyers.

• Product Liability: The Role of the Product Steward 02/01/02
• Risk Management: Lessons Learned Avoiding Environmental Litigation 03/01/01