Climate change and environmental litigation discussion at CAME 2020

The 4th Annual Class Action Money & Ethics Conference on Mon., May 4 at The Harmonie Club in Midtown Manhattan will feature a panel discussion environmental litigation in regards to climate change.

If there is one issue that affects virtually everyone, from local communities to the world as a whole, it is climate change.  For some time, various legal approaches have been tried with climate change claims. Will these lawsuits eventually evolve into class action matters, or are climate change impacts poorly suited for the courts and best addressed by policy makers?  The panel will consider recent court decisions such as Juliana vs. United States and the potential role of class action litigation as a response to the consequences of climate change.

Panelists

Katie Beran, Partner, Hausfeld LLP

Katie’s practice focuses on pursuing justice for plaintiffs in antitrust, civil and human rights, and environmental litigation. She has received many recognitions and honors in recent years, including being named a Lawyer on the Fast Track by The Legal Intelligencer, a Rising Star in Antitrust Litigation by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, and an Energy & Environmental Trailblazer by the National Law Journal. Before joining the firm, Katie served as a federal Law Clerk to the Honorable Gerald A. McHugh in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania during the first two years of Judge McHugh’s tenure on the bench.

Mike Gerrard, Professor, Columbia Law School

Michael B. Gerrard teaches courses on environmental law and founded the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. He also chaired the faculty of Columbia University’s Earth Institute from 2015 to 2018. He practiced environmental law for 30 years, trying cases, arguing  appeals, handling the environmental aspects of development projects and providing regulatory compliance advice to clients in the private and public sectors. A prolific writer in environmental law and climate change, Gerrard twice received the Association of American Publishers’ Best Law Book award for works on environmental law and brownfields and has written or edited thirteen books. Gerrard was the 2004-2005 chair of the American Bar Association’s 10,000-member section of environment, energy, and resources. Gerrard has taught courses at Yale, New York University Law School, Universite Paris 1 Panteon-Sorbonne, University of Malta and Vermont Law School.

Gabrielle Sigel, Partner, Jenner & Block

Gabrielle Sigel is co-chair of the firm's Environmental and Workplace Health and Safety Law Practice and of the firm's Climate and Clean Technology Law Practice. She focuses on environmental, climate change, and safety and health litigation and counseling. Clients seek her representation in complex environmental statutory, common law, Superfund enforcement, and cost recovery actions. She has experience with toxic tort lawsuits and representing clients in claims related to the release of or exposure to hazardous substances. In addition, she counsels corporate clients on a variety of environmental and workplace health and safety regulatory and transactional issues.

The panel will be moderated by Bradford Cornell, Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group. Bradford Cornell is a financial economist and a leading expert on valuation. Over more than forty years, Prof. Cornell has taught courses on, written books and scholarly papers on, and testified in a wide variety of legal matters involving valuation, damages, and securities. He is developing a new course, Energy, Climate Change, and Finance, at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

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