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Frank J. Deveau
Partner
FRANK DEVEAU serves as co-chair of Taft's Environmental Practice and represents clients in relation to all aspects of environmental law. He advises and defends clients in relation to environmental litigation involving private parties, and federal and state government. He has assisted clients in administrative proceedings, obtaining and maintaining compliance with solid and hazardous waste permits, air permits, water discharge permits, CAFO and CFO permits. Mr. Deveau authored The Indiana Guide to Underground Storage Tanks (Published by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce) which has been utilized by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and private practitioners throughout Indiana. He is the co-editor of a forthcoming book from ABA Publishing titled Environmental Liability and Insurance Recovery. Mr. Deveau is also the co-author of “The Application and Regulation of Institutional Controls in Indiana” in a forthcoming book from ABA Publishing titled Implementing Institutional Controls at Brownfields and Other Contaminated Sites. He routinely advises clients in relation to issues involving underground storage tank compliance and liability. Mr. Deveau also advises clients in relation to environmental issues relating to property transfers, with projects ranging from multi-million dollar industrial sites to commercial properties. Mr. Deveau acts as a registered lobbyist with Indiana General Assembly regarding environmental matters.
Frank J. Deveau
Partner
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A significant amount of Mr. Deveau’s work has involved obtaining insurance funds to pay for the remediation of contaminated sites and the defense of claims involving environmental issues.
Mr. Deveau has been involved in a number of complex Superfund/CERCLA cases in several states and has served as common counsel in cases involving multiple PRPs.
Mr. Deveau also frequently serves as a mediator of litigation involving environmental and insurance disputes.
Mr. Deveau graduated from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, (summa cum laude) in 1980. The Best Lawyers of America, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Mr. Deveau as the “Indianapolis Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2012. He has been honored by inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America continuously since 1991 and has been named an Indiana Super Lawyer by the publisher of Law & Politics magazine. He has taught environmental law at Butler University and has lectured on environmental law at the Holcomb Institute, the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (Bloomington).
Representative Matters
- U.S. v. Seymour Recycling Corp., 679 F. Supp. 859 (S.D.Ind. 1987) and 618 F. Supp. 1 (S.D.Ind. 1984)
- GL Industries of Michigan v. Forstman-Little, 800 F. Supp. 695 (S.D. Ind. 1991)
- Pantry, Inc. v. Stop-N-Go Foods, Inc., 796 F. Supp. 1164 (S.D.Ind. 1992) and 777 F. Supp. 713 (S.D.Ind. 1991)
- U.S. v. Distler, 803 F. Supp. 46 (W.D.Ky. 1992)
- CBS, Inc. v. Henkin, 803 F.Supp 1426 (N.D.Ind. Oct. 7, 1992)
- Indiana Dept of Natural Resources v. Newton County, 802 N.E.2d 430 (Ind. 2004)
- Reed v. Plan Comm'n, 831 N.E.2d 734 (Ind. 2005)
- City of Martinsville v. Masterwear Corp., 2006 WL 2710628 (S.D.Ind. 2006)
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance Co. v. Hartson-Kennedy Cabinet Top Co., 857 N.E.2d 1033 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006)
- Sanyo North America Corporation v. Avco Corporation et al., 2008WL1095 (S.D.Ind. 2008)
- KB Home Indiana Inc. v. Rockville TBD Corp., 928 N.E.2d 297 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010)
- Samuel Neal, et al. v. William J. Cure, et al., 937 N.E.2d 1227 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010)
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