Environmental Law and litigation

rcc@bcltlaw.com
Tel: 415 228 5400

Richard C. Coffin

Rick Coffin is a founding partner of Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP, specializing in the defense of environmental enforcement and toxic tort lawsuits, the defense of Proposition 65 claims and the prosecution of insurance coverage claims on behalf of policyholders. Since graduating from Stanford Law School in 1976, he has been involved in litigating many cutting edge issues of environmental law and insurance coverage law. He is also a frequent lecturer on environmental and insurance coverage issues. He was Managing Partner of Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP from 2006 to 2009. From 1988 to 1991, he served as the Managing Partner of Landels, Ripley & Diamond, LLP, where he began his legal career in 1976.

Rick's professional expertise includes:

Prosecution and defense of cost recovery claims for environmental cleanups
Defense of toxic tort claims arising from alleged environmental exposures
Defense of claims under California's Proposition 65
Defense of government enforcement claims for air, water and/or hazardous substance pollution
Prosecution of insurance coverage claims on behalf of policyholders seeking recovery for environmental damages paid to third parties

Honors

Named Best Lawyers San Francisco's Environmental Lawyer of the Year for 2010
Listed as a Leader in the field of Environmental Law by Chambers USA from 2010-present
Named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America
Designated by peer review to be one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in the category of environmental law
Listed in the "Best of the Best USA" Expert Guide in the category of environmental law
Named a "Super Lawyer" by San Francisco magazine in an annual survey of Northern California lawyers every year since the survey's inception in 2004
Named one of the Bay Area's top environmental lawyers by Bay Area Lawyer magazine
Listed in the International Bar Association's Who's Who Legal guide, as determined by independent research with clients and peers of those named

Education

Stanford University School of Law, J.D., 1976
Research Assistant to Professor Lawrence Friedman; Teaching Assistant for Clinical Seminar by Professor Anthony Amsterdam
University of Iowa, B.A., Political Science/History, magna cum laude, 1973
Phi Beta Kappa; Graduation with Highest Distinction; Rhodes Scholar Candidate from the University of Iowa

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