Komives, Lisa Michelle

Mr. Thompson's practice focuses on representation of corporate clients in federal and state environmental litigation, insurance, compliance, and real property matters. He is actively involved in environmental insurance coverage analysis and litigation on behalf of policyholders. His experience includes insurance archeology and policy reconstruction. He also represents companies in connection with various real property and commercial transactions, as well as environmental cost recovery litigation in both federal and state courts. Among other things, he has assisted clients in obtaining financial benefits from Brownfields initiative programs, negotiated cleanup cost-cap and property transfer insurance coverage, and created innovative contracting solutions to enable Brownfields projects to succeed.

Mr. Thompson is a frequent lecturer on environmental and real property issues. He was an instructor in a course on the regulatory framework of environmental law at the University of California at Los Angeles. Before joining Lathrop & Gage, Mr. Thompson practiced environmental law at Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara and Samuelian in Los Angeles, California, from 1990 to 1995.

A few recent projects and cases in which Mr. Thompson has been involved include:

• Managed and coordinated work of several attorneys and paralegals in complex, multi-million dollar litigation involving insurance coverage for environmental liabilities at more than 300 waste disposal sites across the country.
• Served as allocation counsel for a major oil company at the Ascon/Nesi Superfund Site in Huntington Beach, California.
• Secured Brownfields grant money and insurance coverage for the $17 million Westside Business Park development and renovation project in Kansas City, Missouri.
• Successfully challenged the State of Missouri's assessment of hazardous waste category taxes against several corporate clients.
• Served on steering and allocation committees for the Bill Johns Waste Oil Superfund Site in Jacksonville, Florida, and negotiated settlements with United States Environmental Protection Agency and more than 60 potentially responsible parties.
• Facilitated environmental audits of cement manufacturing facilities in Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas.