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Paul H.
Beach

  • Partner
Grand Rapids
T 616.752.2507
F 616.752.2500

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Environmental risks can be complicated. With that in mind, I focus on giving practical advice my clients can use to manage those risks. The best part of my job is finding creative solutions to tough problems and working collaboratively to get deals done, and ensuring those deals align with my clients' long-term success and sustainability. This blend of problem solving and partnership is what makes my work so fulfilling.

Paul Beach is an environmental attorney who advises clients on transactional, regulatory and enforcement matters. From managing environmental due diligence in the purchase and sale of businesses and real estate, to helping his clients remove chemicals of concern from their supply chains, Paul advises on all manner of environmental issues.

“It’s not only the ‘what’ that is important,” he explains, “but also the ‘how’ and especially the ‘why.’”

— Paul H. Beach

industries

practices

  • Negotiates resolution of environmental enforcement matters with state and federal regulators.
  • Manages environmental due diligence to allow clients to understand risks in the purchase and sale of real property and businesses.
  • Assists companies in conducting contaminated site cleanups under CERCLA, RCRA and their state law counterparts.
  • Advises manufacturing companies on managing chemicals of concern in supply chains and compliance with extended producer responsibility laws.
  • Counsels chemical and manufacturing companies on compliance with hazardous waste regulations.
  • Represents companies in environmental mediations and in state and federal litigation.
  • Advises clients on compliance with California Propositio
  • Negotiates resolution of environmental enforcement matters with state and federal regulators.
  • Manages environmental due diligence to allow clients to understand risks in the purchase and sale of real property and businesses.
  • Assists companies in conducting contaminated site cleanups under CERCLA, RCRA and their state law counterparts.
  • Advises manufacturing companies on managing chemicals of concern in supply chains and compliance with extended producer responsibility laws.
  • Counsels chemical and manufacturing companies on compliance with hazardous waste regulations.
  • Represents companies in environmental mediations and in state and federal litigation.
  • Advises clients on compliance with California Proposition 65.
  • “EPA’s TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule,” West Michigan Air & Waste Management Association Workshop, March 12, 2025
  • “EPA’s TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule,” West Michigan Air & Waste Management Association Workshop, March 12, 2025
    • Book Chapter: Environmental Issues, Buying and Selling a Business in Michigan, Second Edition (ICLE 2022)
    • The Parens Patriae Settlement Auction,52 Gonz. L. Rev. 455(2017)
    • Note, Viewing Privilege Through a PRISM: Attorney-Client Privilege in Light of Bulk Data Collection,90 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1633 (2015)
    • Book Chapter: Environmental Issues, Buying and Selling a Business in Michigan, Second Edition (ICLE 2022)
    • The Parens Patriae Settlement Auction,52 Gonz. L. Rev. 455(2017)
    • Note, Viewing Privilege Through a PRISM: Attorney-Client Privilege in Light of Bulk Data Collection,90 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1633 (2015)
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    Paul H.
    Beach

    • Partner
    Grand Rapids
    T 616.752.2507
    F 616.752.2500

    My admin

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    Environmental risks can be complicated. With that in mind, I focus on giving practical advice my clients can use to manage those risks. The best part of my job is finding creative solutions to tough problems and working collaboratively to get deals done, and ensuring those deals align with my clients' long-term success and sustainability. This blend of problem solving and partnership is what makes my work so fulfilling.

    Paul Beach is an environmental attorney who advises clients on transactional, regulatory and enforcement matters. From managing environmental due diligence in the purchase and sale of businesses and real estate, to helping his clients remove chemicals of concern from their supply chains, Paul advises on all manner of environmental issues.

    “It’s not only the ‘what’ that is important,” he explains, “but also the ‘how’ and especially the ‘why.’”

    — Paul H. Beach

    industries

    practices

    • “EPA’s TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule,” West Michigan Air & Waste Management Association Workshop, March 12, 2025
    • “EPA’s TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule,” West Michigan Air & Waste Management Association Workshop, March 12, 2025
      • Book Chapter: Environmental Issues, Buying and Selling a Business in Michigan, Second Edition (ICLE 2022)
      • The Parens Patriae Settlement Auction,52 Gonz. L. Rev. 455(2017)
      • Note, Viewing Privilege Through a PRISM: Attorney-Client Privilege in Light of Bulk Data Collection,90 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1633 (2015)
      • Book Chapter: Environmental Issues, Buying and Selling a Business in Michigan, Second Edition (ICLE 2022)
      • The Parens Patriae Settlement Auction,52 Gonz. L. Rev. 455(2017)
      • Note, Viewing Privilege Through a PRISM: Attorney-Client Privilege in Light of Bulk Data Collection,90 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1633 (2015)