Michael S. McMahon

Mike has practiced in almost every area of environmental law over the past 24 years
Mike prefers to concentrate on securing permanent solutions to environmental law problems

Clean Air Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Environmental Management Systems and Auditing
Environmental Compliance Counseling and Permitting
Enforcement actions; transportation of hazardous materials
Environmental aspects of corporate and real estate transactions
Complex air work and indemnity negotiation with predecessor operator at manufacturing facility in Ohio
Negotiating Title V permits for facilities involved in coatings, batch processing, continuous processing and chemical manufacturing
Defending facilities involved in air permit enforcement actions brought by US EPA/Ohio EPA
Advising facilities confronting RACT/BACT/LEAR requirements

Nationally recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2012
Listed as “SuperLawyer” 2012 by Law & Politics
Named by Chambers & Partners as a leading practitioner in Environmental Law in Ohio, 2004-2011
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0 Peer Review Rating from Martindale Hubbell
Obtained a favorable opinion in a RCRA citizen suit case resulting in a limitation of such causes of action

Served as Chair of the Environmental Law Section of the Cleveland Bar Association
Chaired the Ohio State Bar Association Environmental Law Committee annual seminar

"Environmental Risk Update: What's Coming But Not Here Yet", Risk and Insurance Management Society, November 2009
"Environmentally Friendly Development, Design and Construction and the Risks Therein", Half Moon Seminars, July 2009
"Corporate Infrastructure Requirements: Risk, Liability and Transparency", The Conference Board, January 2009
Co-Author (with Greg DeGulis) of “Old Fashioned Partnership—Cutting-Edge Law,” Founding A Law Firm (2008 Thomson/Aspatore)
“Sustainable Risk Management,” Northeast Ohio Association of Corporate Counsel, January 2008
“Impact of Climate Change on Environmental Management Systems”, presented to the Northern Ohio Chapter of Air & Waste Management Association, October 2006
Co-Author (with James Friedman) of The Silent Alliance (Regnery Gateway), an analysis of acid rain and electricity import issues
“Basic Environmental Statutes in a Nutshell”
“Things Not to Say to an Inspector”
Co-Author: “Ohio Adopts a Model Law to Promote Voluntary Cleanup of Contaminated Property,” Journal of Environmental Permitting, Spring 1995.
“Does the Sixth Circuit Have a New Standard for Its Review of the EPAs Use of Air Quality Monitoring?” 18 Toledo Law Review 569.