Brian Moskal represents clients in environmental litigation and counseling matters with a focus on contaminated sites and water and wastewater issues. He also has experience with insurance recovery in the environmental context.
Brian provides litigation and counseling support to industrial companies, property owners, and municipalities regarding matters arising under the Clean Water Act (CWA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and California law.
Brian has worked on investigation and enforcement matters before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California Regional Water Quality Control Boards. He is also experienced in state and federal litigation at all stages, including case assessment, filing of the complaint, discovery, motion practice, trial, and appeal.
Brian was a member of a team that won a full defense judgment for a municipal water and wastewater agency in a water rights contract lawsuit by the federal government in which the government alleged more than $300 million in damages. Brian worked on all stages of the matter from discovery through trial and appeal.
Recently, Brian represented an agricultural chemical manufacturer and distributor in a multiparty coordinated proceeding in California state court involving groundwater contamination claims by more than a dozen municipal water agency plaintiffs.
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PFAS regulation in California: What lawyers need to know
April 8, 2026
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Environmental Protection Agency cuts threaten wildfire recovery efforts
February 25, 2025
Environmental Partner Brian Moskal authored "Environmental Protection Agency cuts threaten wildfire recovery efforts" in the Daily Journal. Excerpt: As California grapples with the fallout of destructive wildfires including the Eaton Fire and Palisades Fire, the state’s recovery efforts for these and future wildfires may face another potential challenge in the form of deep staff cuts by the Trump Administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to federal agencies including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. While these EPA staff cuts are often discussed in the context of deregulation, they may have significant impacts on California’s ability to recover quickly from these recent and future wildfires.
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