Taft Partner, Stephen McCullers, had an article titled, “Investing in Environmentally Challenged Assets: Risk, Reward, and Due Diligence,” featured in Wealth Management’s 2026 Market Outlook.

In the article, McCullers discusses the evolving investment landscape, where environmental liabilities are increasingly affecting valuations, cash flow, and risk across multiple industries. He outlines five key principles for smarter environmental due diligence and explains how understanding these risks can help investors both avoid costly exposures and identify overlooked opportunities.

Read the full article here.

McCullers is an environmental attorney whose practice focuses on remediation and brownfield redevelopment, environmental compliance, wetlands and other environmental permitting, and health and safety matters for developers, lenders, and other stakeholders. Before entering private practice, he served as a Natural Resources Specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where he conducted environmental compliance inspections, issued Clean Water Act permits, and helped manage federal lands and natural resources.​