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Jennifer T. Taggart - Los Angeles, CA
915 Wilshire Blvd.Suite 2000 Los Angeles, CA 90017
Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP
Los Angeles Environmental Litigation and Compliance Lawyer
Overview
Jennifer Taggart has twenty-five years of experience assisting clients with their environmental, real property, eminent domain and consumer product safety and labeling matters. Her consumer product safety and labeling practice includes all aspects of manufacturing, importing, distributing and selling consumer products, including design standards, labeling and other compliance points, such as Proposition 65 litigation and compliance. As part of this practice, Ms. Taggart has developed procedure manuals and trained staff to identify consumer products requiring labeling. Ms. Taggart is intimately familiar with Proposition 65 and related state law claims. She has represented several clients in various Proposition 65 litigation matters. She also assists clients with Proposition 65 compliance, including appropriate warnings and reformulation.
Her environmental law practice includes litigation, regulatory counseling, regulatory development, and transactional issues. Her specialties include air quality and permitting, and environmental remediation and cost recovery litigation. She has broad experience in all aspects of federal, state and local environmental laws, including air quality, air toxics, solid wastes, hazardous wastes, hazardous materials, underground storage tanks, and water quality and wastewater issues. She litigates and negotiates compliance issues arising under federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations before and with judicial and administrative bodies.
Ms. Taggart's experience in cost recovery litigation includes private cost recovery actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), and related state common law claims. She represents potentially responsible parties in both complex settlement negotiations and in alternate dispute resolution proceedings. She is also experienced in obtaining environmental insurance coverage for her clients. She has successfully resolved a number of environmental coverage cases against insurers for clients with contaminated properties.
Ms. Taggart assists clients with real estate transactions, particularly when complicated by environmental matters. She has assisted clients with identifying environmental issues and found solutions to achieve her clients' goals. Ms. Taggart's eminent domain practice includes eminent domain, inverse condemnation, and CEQA and NEPA compliance. Ms. Taggart has successfully represented both public agencies and private property owners in all stages of eminent domain proceedings, and dealt with the entire breadth of legal issues, including "right to take" challenges, claim for product enhancement and blight, severance damages, relocation assistance benefits, prejudgment possession, inverse condemnation, regulatory takings, loss of business goodwill, leaseholds, and easements.
Prior to practicing law, Ms. Taggart was an environmental engineer for Rockwell International Corporation, Rocketdyne Division. She handled air permitting in jurisdiction of the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, and compliance with AB 2588, the Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Information and Assessment Act; hazardous materials, business plans and related emergency planning; SARA; and Proposition 65. She was also involved with remedial activities at several facilities.
Ms. Taggart's engineering and compliance experience makes her uniquely suited to assist her clients. Ms. Taggart understands her clients' business operations and their concerns. She provides regulatory counseling and compliance audits. She assists her clients with identifying and preventing problems, as well as solving them.
About Jennifer T. Taggart
Current Employment Position(s)
- Attorney/Partner
Practice Areas
- Environmental Litigation and Compliance
- Consumer Product Labeling and Proposition 65
- Eminent Domain
- Business and Real Property Litigation
- Inverse Condemnation
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 1995
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1995
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2000
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2000
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2003
Other Affiliations
- South Shores Homeowners Association (Secretary (2005), President (2004), Board Member (2003 and 2006))
- Environmental Law Subsection (South), California State Bar, Real Property Section (Chair)
- Los Angeles City Environmental Affairs Commission (Commissioner 1996-2000 and 2004-2005; President, 2000-2002, Vice-President, 2003-2004)
- Children's Health Environmental Coalition (Volunteer (2005-present), Contributor CHEC Monthly Report)
Classes and Seminars
- 32nd Annual Tax Controversy Institute, California’s Cannabis Industry – Conflicts, Controversies & Opportunities, October 25, 2016
- ShiftCon, Legal Implications of Blogging & Activism, October 3, 2014
- 2011 Tax Controversy Institute, Whistleblower Office – What a Taxpayer Representative Must Know, October 2011
- AOL Health, Detoxify Your Home, March 22, 2011
- CBS’ The Talk, Tips For A Non Toxic Home, January 4, 2011
- US News & World Report, Money, 50 Easy Steps to a Complete Financial Makeover, January 4, 2011
- Good Day LA, How Much Lead Is In Your Toys, January 3, 2011
- USAToday, Lead in Toys: The Smart Mama Didn’t Come To Play, December 6, 2010
- The Doctors television show, Lead in Your Purse, February 2010
- Fox & Friends television, Is Your Purse Toxic, January 25, 2010
- Fox & Friends After Show, Toxic Purses, January 25, 2010
- MSNBC, Trinkets in the Trash After Cadmium Warning, January 14, 2010
- WashingtonPost, Citizen Regulators Take Toy Testing Safety Into Their Own Hands, December 26, 2009
- AmendtheCPSIA.com, CPSIA – More Details on Bogus Zhu Zhu Pet Scare, December 13, 2009
- Health 4 Parents, What’s Lurking in My Home?, December 3, 2009
- USAWeekend, How to Have a Green Pregnancy, October 4, 2009
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Inaugural Consumer Products CLE Workshop, Litigation Trends as a Result of the CPSIA
- Social Yell, 10 Tips for Safe Drinking Water, August 20, 2009
- The News Herald, Four Kitchen Basics Can Clean Entire House, August 14, 2009
- BlogHer 09, Chicago, Illinois, Green & Science Panel
- BetterTV, Homemade Cleaning Recipes, July 17, 2009
- Fox & Friends television, Toxic Exposure and Toxins in Your Home, July 18, 2009
- Living Green Magazine, Natural Home and Garden, Smart Mama’s Green Guide Helps Parents Protect Children from Toxic Chemicals, July, 2009
- VoiceAmerica, Go Green Radio with Jill Buck, Smart Mama’s Green Guide, June 26, 2009
- New Mom Expo, Anaheim, California, Reducing Your Child’s Toxic Chemical Exposure, June 13, 2009
- 518Moms, Green Cleaning Solutions, May 27, 2009
- Baby Boomer Knowledge Center, How to choose safe toys for your grandchildren, May 23, 2009
- Examiner.Com, Homemade Play Dough: Cheap and Easy Play Dough Recipes, May 19, 2009
- Pasadena Star News, Warding Off Dangers of Household Chemicals, May 15, 2009
- PhiladelphiaNews, Jar No More, May 14, 2009
- Pregnancy Awareness Month launch, Santa Monica, Raising Healthy Kids in a Toxic World, May 2, 2009
- See Jane Do blog, Blogging for Change – See Jane Do Interviews Members of Green Moms Carnival, April 22, 2009
- NY Press, Going Green to Prevent Autism, April 8, 2009
- Publishers Weekly, CPSIA Update: Book Community Calmer and Compliant, But Still Confused, March 19, 2009
- Mom2B Conference: CPSIA and Manufacturers and CPSIA and Protecting Yourself as a Buyer
- BlogTalkRadio with Mamapreuners: CPSIA and What It Means For Your Business (1/27/09)
- BlogTalkRadio with DivaTalk: Is the CPSIA going to affect your business?
- Sydney Morning Herald, Chinese toy story bad for business, January 23, 2009
- Bloomberg.com, Mattel, Wal-mart test toys as small firms struggle, January 22, 2009
- Los AngelesTimes, Tough Times for the Apparel Industry, January 16, 2009
- Grandparents.com, How to choose safe toys for your grandchildren, November 13, 2008
- Go Green Radio, Moms Inspiring Moms to Advocate for a Greener Future for Our Kids, November, 2008
- USAToday, Halloween Candy Causes Fright for Chubby Americans, October 6, 2008
- True Genius Magazine, Smart Profile: One Smart Mama, September, 2008
- HowYouEco, Chief Eco Officer: Jennifer Taggart, August 8, 2008
- Go Green Radio, Going Green for Good Health, July, 2008
- Smart Mama’s Green Guide: Reducing Toxic Chemicals in Your Baby’s Environment,” The Pump Station, Hot Topics Lecture Series, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- “Stigma of Contaminated Properties – Does It Exist,” International Right of Way Association Education Seminar, 1999
- “Environmental Jeopardy And the Answer Is . . .,” International Right of Way Association Education Seminar, 1999
Pro Bono Activities
- Palos Verdes High School, PVIT, VEX Robotics, Mentor (2017 – present)
- Rockinghorse Road Homeowners Association, Secretary (2013 – 2017)
- Rancho Palos Verdes Infrastructure Management Advisory Committee, Member (2014 – 2016)
- ABA Litigation Section, Products Liability Committee, Products Liability Newsletter committee member Green Moms Carnival, Founder
- Green Moms Carnival, Founder
- Healthy Child, Healthy World (formerly Children’s Health Environmental Coalition), volunteer, blogger
- South Shores Homeowners Association, Secretary (2005), President (2004), Board Member (2003)
- Chair, Environmental Law Subsection (South), California State Bar, Real Property Section (2000 – 2006)
- Los Angeles City Environmental Affairs Commission. (Commissioner 1996-2000 and 2004-2005; President, 2000-2002, Vice-President, 2003-2004)
- Los Angeles City Environmental Affairs Commission. (Commissioner 1996-2000 and 2004-2005; President, 2000-2002, Vice-President, 2003-2004)
Education
- Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1995
J.D.
Honors: cum laude
Honors: Moot Court Honor’s Board
Honors: Order of the Barristers - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1990
B.S.
Honors: Highest GPA in Major, Dean’s Honor List
Honors: President’s Honor List, Tau Beta Pi
Major: Engineering Science
Fees
Accepts Credit Cards
Articles
Published Works
- “Neutralizing the Impact of Code Sec. 280E on the Medical Marijuana Industry,” Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure, October-November 2014 (co-author)
- “Whistleblower Officer – What a Taxpayer Representative Must Know,” Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure, December 2011 – January 2012
- “Social Media Campaigns Take Product Liability Claims To A Whole New Level,” Daily Journal, September 7, 2011
- “Social Media and the CPSIA: Lessons Learned from Mr. Squiggles (print version) and; The CPSIA and Social Media Make Product Issues Public (online version), American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Products Liability Litigation Committee, Products Liability, Vol 21, No. 2, Spring 2010
- “Online Endorsements, True or Bought,” Daily Journal, November 30, 2009
- “Pay Attention to Internet Talk,” Daily Journal, September 23, 2009
- Smart Mama’s Green Guide: Simple Steps to Reduce Your Child’s Toxic Chemical Exposure, Hachette Book GroupUSA, 2009
- “Things That Creep In The Night: A Mold Primer,” 21st Annual Real Property Retreat, California State Bar, Real Property Section, 2002
- “A Primer on Drafting Contractual Provisions to Cure Environmental Impairments,”California Real Property Journal, Summer/Fall, 2001
- “Pandora’s Box: The Internet’s Uncensored, Informal Culture has Created Defamation Issues that Require Businesses to Educate, Train and Supervise their Employees,” Daily Journal: Verdicts & Settlements,February 4, 2000
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