Michael R. Blumenthal
Member

Direct Dial: (216) 502-4687
Fax: (216) 514-9401
Email: mblumenthal@waxmanblumenthal.com

For over 20 years, Michael has practiced environmental law spanning the United States in the acquisition and redevelopment of environmentally impaired brownfield sites and remediation of hazardous substance and hazardous waste properties. His practice covers corporate and real estate transactions and remediation under the federal Superfund Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste law, their state counterparts, and brownfield redevelopment programs.

A sampling of Michael’s environmental practice includes:

  • Representing industrial entities, public bodies, lenders and real estate developers involving the negotiating of cleanup agreements with the US Environmental Protection Agency, Ohio EPA, the US Department of Justice, numerous states and myriad buyers and sellers of real estate.
  • Assisting clients on the conduct of emergency removal actions; completion of longer-term remedial investigations and feasibility studies; hazardous waste corrective actions and demonstrating or challenging consistency with the National Contingency Plan; and selection of remedial action requirements.
  • Representing clients on projects varying in scope from modest single-party sites with petroleum contamination to industrial facilities with on and offsite air, soil and underground impact and National Priorities List sites with contaminated groundwater, surface water or sediment.
  • Representing clients in connection with the acquisition and redevelopment of brownfield properties, including due diligence, structuring acquisitions to avoid, minimize or allocate potential environmental liability, negotiating covenants not to sue and prospective purchaser agreements.

Michael is a member of the American Bar Association Environmental Law Committee and the Ohio State Bar Association Environmental Law Committee. He was twice named an Ohio Super Lawyer by Law and Politics/Cincinnati Magazine (2006 and 2007) for his contributions in environmental law. Prior to joining in the formation of Waxman Blumenthal, Michael was an Assistant Attorney General with the State of Ohio in its Environmental Enforcement Section where he was responsible for enforcing Ohio’s hazardous and solid waste laws. Michael is also a member of the board of trustees of both Stella Maris, Inc. and Fresh Start, Inc., non-profit corporations focused on providing alcohol and chemical dependency treatment and mental health services to the indigent and homeless.