About the Authors

AuthorAllison Rumsey/Michael Daneker
Pages7-7
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About the Aut hor s
Allison Rumsey is a partner in Arnold & Porter LLP’s Washington, D.C., oce,
where she is on the rm’s management committee. Ms. Rumsey’s practice focuses
on litigation and remedial issues at major contaminated sites and rivers, including
toxic tort, natural resources da mages, and cost allocation. Most recently, she repre-
sented BP in the litigation brought by the United States, citizen and environmental
groups, states, and foreign states arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, Ms. Rumsey was counsel to the A ssistant Attor-
ney General for the Environment at the U.S. Department of Justice and an Honors
Trial Attorney in the Natural Resources Section.
Michael Daneker, a partner in Arnold & Porter L LP’s Washington, D.C., oce,
concentrates his practice in environmental law and toxic tort litigation. He has rep-
resented clients at complex contaminated sites across the country for over 20 years,
including some of the largest Superfund remediation sites in the United States. Mr.
Daneker’s work often includes not only litigation, but also working with companies
to develop a long-term strategy for site resolution, including remedy selection, natu-
ral resource damage mitigation, risk transfer mechanisms, and brownelds redevel-
opment. Mr. Daneker has also served as defense litigation counsel in numerous
citizen suits under environmental statutes and has been defense c ounsel in various
matters related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Additional authors
e NRD Section was written by Brian Israel. Mr. Israel, a partner in Arnold & Porter LLP’s Washington,
D.C., oce, concentrates his practice in environmental litigation and counseling. Mr. Israel represents
corporations in matters involving contaminated properties and oil spills, including toxic tort lawsuits and
Natural Resource Dama ges (NRD) claims. He has been serving as lead NRD counsel to BP in relation to
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill a nd serves as lead counsel on several of the other large NRD cases in the
country. Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, Mr. Israel was an Honors Trial Attorney in the Environmental
Enforcement Section at the U.S. Department of Justice.
e authors also received assistance from Marga ret Barr y, Jeremy Peterson, Matthew Sulliva n, Sarah
Greer, Matt Christiansen, Nathan Foster, Jocelyn Wiesener, Bridget Joyce, Guido Toscano, Noah Browne,
Rubina Madni, Edward Stone, and Leigh Logan.

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