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Richard C. Coffin
e-mail: rcc@bcltlaw.com
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. 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:
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Prosecution and defense of cost recovery claims for
environmental cleanups
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Defense of toxic tort claims arising from alleged environmental
exposures
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Defense of claims under California's Proposition 65
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Defense of government enforcement claims for air, water and/or
hazardous substance pollution
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Prosecution of insurance coverage claims on behalf of
policyholders seeking recovery for environmental damages paid to
third parties
Honors
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Designated by peer review to be one
of the
“Best Lawyers in
America” in the category of environmental law
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Listed in the "Best
of the Best USA" Expert Guide in the category of
environmental law
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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
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Named one of the Bay Area’s top
environmental lawyers by Bay Area Lawyer magazine
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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
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Stanford University School of Law, J.D., 1976
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Research Assistant to Professor Lawrence Friedman
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Teaching Assistant for Clinical Seminar by Professor Anthony
Amsterdam
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University of Iowa, B.A., Political Science/History, magna
cum laude, 1973
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Phi Beta Kappa
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Graduation with Highest Distinction
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Rhodes Scholar Candidate from the University of Iowa
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