Warner was the trial counsel for a mining company in contested case proceedings involving multiple permits issued for a zinc-gold-copper mine.

Warner represented a mining company in an unusual issue regarding when a federal agency can initiate environmental permitting proceedings that the regulated party had not requested.

Warner attorneys successfully represented a renewable energy developer in federal NEPA litigation, resulting in a published decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Warner attorneys persuaded the court to affirm the Department of Energy’s funding decision on the basis that the client’s cellulosic ethanol project would have no significant environmental impact.

Warner attorneys provided counsel on a matter involving potential groundwater contamination related to a legacy landfill disposal.

Warner attorneys defended Wolverine World Wide, Inc. in putative class action related to potential groundwater contamination from historical tannery operations.

We obtained a ruling that a township’s power moratorium on wind energy development passed by resolution was void because it did not comply with the procedural requirements for amending a zoning ordinance.

Warner attorneys defended Georgia-Pacific LLC in putative class action related to potential groundwater contamination.

We obtained a unanimous, published opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in an appeal regarding Michigan’s jurisdiction over a mining client’s wetland permit application.