Acknowledgments

AuthorDavid J. Hayes
ProfessionExecutive Director
Pages5-7
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Acknowledgments
When we rst developed the idea for this project at the New York University
(NYU ) School of Law’s State Energy & Environmental Impact Center (State
Impact Center), we had conversations with state attorneys general oces,
judges, legal practitioners, and other policyma kers who have been involved
in the crises covered in these page s. We wanted to determine whether there
would be value in a historical review t hat documents how major health and
environmental harms, responsible for widespread individual and societal
damage, had been addressed and resolved in the past. We suspected that
such an analysis cou ld provide a helpful compendium of the techniques used,
and lessons learned, for lawyers, judges, reg ulators, and legislators who are
confronting new health and environmental crise s.
Many lawyers and policymakers who had been involved in prior matters
told us how useful this ty pe of historical resource would have been to them.
ey encouraged us to take t his on. We took the bait.
We anticipated that our report could be pulled together in approximately
a year. We were naive; this was a larger undertaking than we had expected.
e nal product is a book, not a report. Consequently, we have many people
to thank for helping this project reach the nish line.
We start with our outstanding editor and authors, who exhibited great
patience and exibility in producing this important resource. Hampden T.
Macbeth at the State Impact Center took on the role as the editor of the proj-
ect. Hampden spent countless hours developing templates for the chapters,
working through multiple draft s with the authors, and then shepherding
the chapters through the footnoting, proong , and publishing process. is
book would not have happened without Hampden’s exemplary commitment
and extraordinar y competence as an editor. Well done!
Kudos to all of our authors who produced compelling reviews of how
high-prole health and environmental crises have been addressed and
resolved in the past, keeping an eye on lessons learned and other takeaways
that can help inform future undertakings. a nk you to Sandra Nichols
iam, Carol Adaire Jones, Cynthia R. Harris, and Samuel F. Koenig (writ-
ing about asbestos litigation); Joelle M. Lester and Kerry C ork (writing about
the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement); Logan L. Page (writing about
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Daughters); Katherine N. Probst (writing about the
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