Laurel Lockett

About Laurel Lockett

Laurel Lockett practices in the areas of environmental law and commercial real estate…

Experience

1. Shareholder

   Carlton Fields

   Jan 1984 — Present · Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL, US

   Environmental permitting and enforcement issues in diverse areas including industrial and municipal domestic wastewater treatment, water reuse systems, storage tanks, landfills, used oil processing facilities, and hazardous waste permitting and regulation and a wide variety of industrial facilities- Negotiated settlements, consent orders, and remediation plans associated with the cleanup of hazardous waste, petroleum, chlorinated solvents, such as dry cleaning chemicals, and other contaminants with local, state, and federal environmental agencies, including on brownfields and NPL sites- Represented PRPs at various federal Superfund sites, including past service as administrative chairman of the Technical Committee for the Peak Oil Site Generators Group and counsel handling processing of challenges to allocation for hundreds of settling parties at the Peak Oil Site in connection with EPA de minimis settlement offers- Environmental aspects of real estate transactions, including creative solutions to environmental risk allocation, brownfields development, manuscripting of environmental insurance products, and indoor air issues such as vapor intrusion, asbestos, radon, and lead paint- Represented lenders, buyers, and sellers in commercial and industrial real estate purchase, development, redevelopment, and management, including manufacturing facilities, brownfield sites, Superfund and hazardous waste sites and former golf courses, and redevelopment projects on those sites including hotels, shopping centers, single family and multifamily residential, independent living and over 55 facilities and uses commercial warehouses, including leasing and property management issues.

Skills

• Negotiation of Settlements, Consent Orders and Remediation Plans
• Environmental Permitting and Enforcement
• Hazardous Waste Management
• Asbestos
• Commercial/Industrial Real Estate Purchase, Development, and Management
• Representation of Prps at Federal Superfund Sites
• Storage Tank Regulation
• Regulations
• Industrial and Domestic Wastewater
• Real Estate
• Commercial Litigation
• Legal Research
• Negotiation of Consent Orders and Remediation Plans
• Litigation
• Remediation
• Federal Law
• Negotiation
• Appeals
• Environmental Aspects of Real Estate Transactions
• Real Estate Transactions
• Environmental Law
• Environmental Awareness
• Enforcement
• Civil Litigation
• Negotiation and Oversight of Consulting Contracts