Tom Donnelly has practiced environmental and insurance coverage law for 25 years. He represents clients in environmental litigation, toxic tort, and administrative proceedings; provides environmental compliance counseling and due diligence/transactional support; and assists clients in securing defense and indemnity from their liability insurers...

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About Thomas M. Donnelly

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Practice Areas

Environmental, Health & Safety
Government Regulation
Climate Change
Business and Tort Litigation (USA)
Insurance Recovery
Energy
Energy / Utilities
Energy Environmental
Environmental Compliance Counseling
Environmental Litigation
Insurance
Metals & Mining
Product Liability Litigation

Representative Cases

Aerojet-General successfully challenges California city's efforts to order the placement of utility switching station and other structures on property remediated for future residential and commercial development (2009)
Almaden Properties challenges City of San Jose’s certification of Environmental Impact Report for shopping center construction (2012)
American Samoa Power Authority successfully defends against threatened federal EPA enforcement action related to alleged discharges of oily wastes into local harbor
BlackRock Realty Advisors files suit against United National Insurance seeking defense and indemnity under pollution insurance policy (2010)
Chevron defends against allegations of environmental damage from oil seeps off coast of Brazil (2012)
Confidential client conducts environmental due diligence for industrial plant closure and redevelopment of property (2010)
Confidential food and consumer product manufacturers resolve Proposition 65 "citizen group" lawsuits (2012)
Conservation organization receives assistance with its effort to preserve and protect forest lands and other open space (2009)
Firestone Building Products seeks product variance from California regulator to sell low-VOC bonding adhesive
Gruma resolves California lawsuit claiming that tortilla chips and other starchy products require Proposition 65 warning (2010)
Lennar defends against California Proposition 65 lawsuit involving alleged environmental exposure to naturally-occurring asbestos (2012)
Leprino Foods secures environmental regulatory agency approval of emission offsets for expansion of California cheese and whey production facility
NVIDIA receives assistance on environmental law matters
Oil and gas company develops contracts with suppliers and customers to ensure compliance with renewable and low carbon fuel requirements (2010)
Perfect Equipment resolves California Proposition 65 lawsuit involving wheel balancing weights
Procter & Gamble ensures environmental regulatory compliance (2010)
RBS Citizens leads sponsor financing for Dymatize Enterprises (2012)
Real estate investment company conducts environmental due diligence for purchase of former industrial property in California
SanDisk receives advice regarding real property transactions and environmental compliance (2012)
Sutter Home secures permit to expand Lodi, California winery over environmental group objections (2009)
U.S. Pre-Finished Metals Corp. resolves federal EPA civil penalty action regarding alleged improper handling and storage of hazardous waste
Wells Fargo Bank successfully resolves CERCLA cost recovery suit in California (2010)
Woodstream Corporation resolves California citizen group lawsuit asserting Proposition 65 claims (2010)

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

California
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Education

Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988
J.D.
Tufts University, 1985
B.A.
Honors: summa cum laude
Major: Political Science
Major: History

Articles

Published Works

The Climate Report, 2012
The Climate Report, 2012
The Climate Report, 2012
2011 Rountable Series: Environmental Law, California Lawyer, 2011
The Climate Report, 2011
Cap-and-Trade in California Is Imminent, 2011
CARB Releases Modified Cap-and-Trade Regulations for Final Approval, 2011
The Climate Report, 2011
The Climate Report, 2011
EPA Proposes Hazardous Air Pollutant Emission Limits for Electric Generating Units, 2011
California Superior Court Enjoins California's Cap and Trade Program for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 2011
Regulation of Chemicals in Consumer Products, 2011
California Adopts Cap-and-Trade Program for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, The Environmental Counselor, 2011
The Climate Report, 2011
California Adopts Cap and Trade Program for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 2011
The Climate Report, 2010
The Climate Report, 2010
Climate Change Regulation Via the Clean Air Act: EPA's New Greenhouse Gas Rule for Facilities, 2010
The Climate Report, 2010
EPA Proposes to Add Oil and Natural Gas, Carbon Sequestration, and Fluorinated Gas-Emitting Facilities to Greenhouse Gas Reporting System, 2010
EPA Delays Greenhouse Gas Permits for Manufacturing Plants, 2010
Overview of California's Preliminary Draft Cap and Trade Program, 2010
The Climate Report, 2010
The Climate Report, 2009
The Climate Report, 2009
California Still Leading the Way in Environmental Regulation, Practice Perspectives: Environmental, Health & Safety, 2009
Policy Holders in Environmental Cleanup Actions are Potentially Entitled to Multiple Policy Limits; Multiple Causes of Loss are Not a Basis to Deny Coverage, 2009
California's Global Warming Solutions Act: Creating a Haze of Uncertainty for Business, 2008
The Fall-Out From Cooper v. Aviall, Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter, Vol. 50, No. 3, 2005

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Address

555 California Street26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104

Phone

(415) 875-5880

Fax

(415) 875-5700

Email

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com

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