Raymond S. Papperman to moderate "Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The Legal Fall Out" Webinar

Raymond S. Papperman, Esq., Chairman of Cooper Levenson’s Environmental Law Practice Group, will serve as a moderator for a national discussion of the legal implications of the Deepwater Horizon Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  The Webinar, sponsored by the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section's Toxic Torts & Environmental Law and Admiralty & Maritime Law Committees will take place, via computers nationwide, on July 21, from 12 - 2 p.m. EST.

Papperman will moderate the discussion along with James Kosch, Esq. of LeClair Ryan located in Newark, NJ.  The speakers include Timothy Bergere, Esq., Montgomery McCracken, Philadelphia, PA; Robert Chesler, Lowenstein Sandler, Roseland, NJ; Vincent Foley, Esq., Holland & Knight, New York, NY; and Allan Kanner, Esq., Kanner & Whiteley, L.L.C, New Orleans, LA.  The webinar will address what has been described as “one of the greatest environmental disasters in history.”

This panel of nationally recognized lawyers, government officials and insurance industry executives will provide an overview of the existing legal framework including the Oil Pollution Act and other applicable laws.  Speakers will also discuss the government’s roles in relation to Federalism, coordinated responses, deepwater drilling and natural resource damages, litigation including civil remedies, economic damages and insurance coverage/exclusions.

Papperman concentrates his practice on environmental litigation and the environmental components of development, business, and real estate transactions. He is a Past Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section and serves on the Environmental Committee of the New Jersey Builders Association. He is a Master of and serves on the Executive Committee of the New Jersey American Environmental Inn of Court and is also a member of the American Bar Association and a Vice Chair of the Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee. Papperman attended Cornell University and is a graduate of Hobart College. He received his J.D. from Tulane University Law School. He is admitted to the bar in New Jersey, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the U. S. Supreme Court.

Cooper Levenson, founded in 1957, is a full service law firm with nearly 70 attorneys and New Jersey offices in Atlantic City, Cherry Hill, Newark, Princeton, and Trenton. The firm has regional offices in Bear, Del., Harrisburg, Pa., and Las Vegas, Nev. To register:
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